Heavens Yes. The Christian Church is a very vital and influential component of the American society. The Black Christian church is a very vital and influential component of American Christianity. Mr. Trump’s visit to this congregation is a reasonable gesture acknowledging both. To ignore the importance of the Christian Church and of the black Christian Church would be a grievous mistake.
Many commentators are criticizing Mr. Trump as pandering to the black community. Many say that his attention to black people and especially to black Christians is mere politics. However, these same people praise President Obama for having leaders of the Black Lives Matter protest group to the White House. This does not surprise anyone, since the liberal left has always claimed the right to criticize others while ignoring their own faults.
A candidate for President of the USA should pay attention to the place of the Jewish-Christian religion in the lives of millions of American citizens. There are those who say that the Christian Church must stay out of politics- that the administration, management and government of the USA is none of their business. Such an attitude ignores the faith foundations of the nation. It seeks to sideline and shove those who practice and proclaim their faith into a religious ghetto allowing them freedom that is forced to live behind the walls of Churches. Mr. Trump is a Christian. He is protected by his own civil rights and the US Constitution to attend, speak at and worship God with anyone.
This writer is a Christian. He is glad that Mr. Trump went to Church. He is happy for the recognition and acknowledgement of faith that this gesture of Mr. Trump communicates for all the world to see.
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