The shirt is probably as shocking as this wh0le thing gets. Pastor D.L. Foster turned out to be a breath of fresh air somewhat. Though I must admit it was almost boring once you heard his story. He was like a Donnie McClurkin who couldn't sing. He actually hadn't had any personal encounters to back up what the website suggests. Considering where the interview was being conducted. I'm just happy he didn't twist the truth or just outright lie. I expected to be thoroughly disgusted, but I wasn't. Instead of it being about a self admitted former homosexual blowing the whistle on other homosexuals. It turned out to be about a minister pointing out corruption in the COGIC both gay and straight that they don't talk about. Who at one time used to be gay himself.Needless to say this wasn't the show the host bargained for. He had the pastor on for three hours when one would have been more than enough. With the COGIC being in town for the convocation this week. He expected the phone to be ringing off the hook. That wasn't the case though. He may have gotten six or seven callers and some of them wanted to talk about something else. He went so long once without talking to the guest he forgot he was on the line. Whether good or bad, this is not what we expected.
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COGIC bishop addresses convocation relocation, sexual misconduct
ReplyDeleteThe head of the fourth-largest protestant denomination in the United States, Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake, spoke to reporters today about the convocation’s move to St. Louis in 2010, his urban initiative and the church’s stance on sexual misconduct by church leaders.
Offered a more enticing convention package by St. Louis, after more than 100 years of celebrating convocation in Memphis, COGIC will head to the Gateway City next year.
“This is not a result of devious actions on the part of Memphis. It’s just a matter we have to move forward in competitive bidding,” Blake said in an early morning interview with the editorial board at The Commercial Appeal. He later held a press conference at the Cook Convention Center Downtown.
St. Louis’ bid was about $1 million better than what Memphis offered, he said.
Apart from limited convention and hotel space, Blake said, the largest obstacle to staying in Memphis was the lack of offers for discounted hotel rooms and the ability to hold blocks of rooms for traveling members.
The Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau is trying to court the more than 6.5 million member denomination back to Memphis for convocations in 2011 and 2012.
Blake, however, would not discuss subsequent years.
“Auditorium to auditorium and seat to seat, Memphis cannot compete with the city of St. Louis,” the bishop said.
However, he said, “Memphis will always have a little head start on everyone else because we love Memphis.”
Another topic discussed at Cook Convention Center, where the convocation is taking place through Tuesday, was the bishop’s Urban Initiative.
Using Internet-based tools, the plan is to empower the denomination’s more than 12,000 churches to focus on five key issues: education, economic development, crime, family values and financial literacy.
With the denomination’s enormous size, Blake believes it can have a real impact across the country.
“Church of God in Christ are the biggest congregations in their cities,” he said.
Blake also addressed a recent article in The Commercial Appeal about Atlanta pastor DL Foster, who started a Web site listing about 30 COGIC clergy members involved in sexual abuse cases.
The attention the site has received is out of proportion, considering there are “hundreds of thousands” of COGIC leaders, Blake said.
“Thirty allegations of sexual misbehavior is too many, but it should be looked at in that context,” he said.
COGIC has had sexual abuse policies in place since 1992 and has a zero-tolerance policy, which is enforced by a sexual misconduct review board, the bishop said.
To support what is already in place, the entire denomination will be adopting additional policies, including a code of conduct to protect youth.
“The Church of God in Christ has worked for many years to limit sexual abuse,” he said.
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