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My co-blogger Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes at The Moderate Voice, a highly and deservedly esteemed intellect, provided the text of the letter from Obama to Otis Moss at TMV and the church’s response and I’m including it here. But she hattipped Rolands Martin for it and so I will do the same. Thank you both.
Obama resignation letter from Trinity
May 30, 2008
Dear. Rev. Moss:
We are writing to make official our decision to end our memebership at Trinity.We make this decision with sadness. Trinity was where I found Christ, where we were married and where our children were baptized. We have many friends among the 8,000 congregants who attend there and we are proud of the extraordinary good works the church continues to perform throughout the community to help the hungry, the homeless and people in need of medical care.
We also have come to appreciate your ministry and both think you have been, and will be, a wonderful pastor for years to come.
But as you know, our relations with Trinity have been strained by the divisive statements of Rev. Wright, which sharply conflict with our own views.Our larger concern is that because of my candidacy and membership at Trinity, these controversies have served as an unfortunate distraction for other Trinity members who seek to worship in peace, and have placed you in an untenable position as you establish your own ministry under very difficult circumstances.
Our faith remains strong and we will find another church home for our family. But we also know that faith and prayer are not merely exercises to be discharged for two hours on Sunday. They are and always will be a bulwark for us in our daily lives.
We are grateful for our years as part of the Trinity community, and wish you all the best as you lead the congregation into the future. You, your family and the entire Trinity family will be in thoughts and prayers.
Sincerely
Michelle Obama
Barack Obama
Statement from Trinity on Obama Leaving the Church
“Trinity United Church of Christ was infomed that Sen. Barack Obama and his family will no longer be members of our church.Though we are saddened by the news, we understand that it is a personal decision.
“We will continue to lift them in prayer and wish them the best as former members of our Trinity community.
“As in the prayer for the Ephesians, our entire Trinity family asks that the nation entrust Barack, Michelle, Malia, and Sasha, to God’s care and guidance, so that Christ may continue to dwell in their lives, in their hearts, and in their work.
“We ask now for God’s peace to be with them.
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more and all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.” Ephesians 3:20
Rev. Otis Moss III, senior pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:23 am June 1st, 2008 in Barack Obama, Campaigning, Elections, Media, Religion, WH2008
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