New Jersey pastor saddened by Jakes praising of Obama

Bishop T.D. Jakes(picture left) is being criticized for expressing jubilation over Barack Obama's historic election victory.Fellow black pastor Clenard Childress says Jakes, the man Time Magazine and CNN once referred to as "America's Best Preacher," is showing that biblical moral values are not his top priority. Dallas megachurch pastor Jakes says he "watched with visible goose bumps" as Barack Obama clinched the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday night.In a commentary for CNN, Jakes praises Obama for "bringing light and hope to a new generation," and he lauds Obama's win as "not just a victory for African Americans," but a victory for democracy. New Jersey pastor Childress, the president of L.E.A.R.N. Northeast, says he is saddened that Jakes and others in the black community have "lost sight of the values that made this nation great and made African-Americans a resilient people." "We're now looking for change or we've become more or less seduced by the illusion of change. And we have lost sight of the important character and integrity that I believe a candidate would need to lead this country," Childress explains.Childress believes many black Americans who support Obama are putting their emotions ahead of their value system and says he was disturbed by Jakes' "touchy-feely" response to Obama's victory."Undoubtedly, his position on the issues that are dear to the church and that make up the foundational basis of our preaching, Barack Obama is opposed to.(AMEN...) And we are going to have to really do some soul searching that we've aligned ourselves and we are pledging allegiance to a person who is contrary to the scripture and the word which we carry each day, which we preach each day, which we teach each day," Childress contends. Childress says it will be difficult for Jakes to preach biblical moral values to his church members now that he has aligned himself with a politician who has no problem with abortion and homosexuality.

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