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Pentecostal minister plays key role in Democrat election strategy

Eric Gorski - Associated Press Writer - 7/20/2008 5:25:00 AM

DENVER - The request befuddled Leah Daughtry. The experienced political hand in charge of planning next month's Democratic National Convention - a self-described "black chick from Brooklyn" and ordained Pentecostal minister who keeps a Bible in her purse - didn't know what to tell the atheists.

 

Daughtry, 44, was preparing for an Aug. 24 interfaith service that will open the Democrats' gathering here - a first for a party that hasn't always gotten God. Before her was an angry letter from a secularist group that wanted to know whether atheists would be on the podium.

"Atheists speaking at an interfaith service ... does that work?" Daughtry asked this week. "I don't quite know. But they're part of the party, you treat them with respect. I'll give them an answer."

On a larger scale, it's what Daughtry and a growing number of Democrats of faith are setting out to do: hold together and grow their party by claiming ground on religion and values that Republicans have successfully mined for years.

The presumptive Democratic nominee, Sen. Barack Obama, has incorporated faith themes and outreach into his campaign since the primaries began. A new political action committee, Matthew 25, is running pro-Obama ads on Christian radio. "People of faith" will have a caucus of their own at the convention, just as blacks, Hispanics and military veterans do.

Such efforts come with challenges, including answering nonbelievers, Democrats uncomfortable with any mingling of church and state, and religious Americans at odds with Democratic positions on social issues.

"All Americans, all people, have values," said Daughtry, a fifth-generation minister. "For some of us, values come from faith. For others it comes from what your parents taught you, what your grandmother taught you on the porch in the summertime. These are values that make us Democrats. We all have them."

Daughtry, Howard Dean's chief of staff at the Democratic National Committee, was tapped last year as chief executive officer of the Democratic National Convention Committee. More accustomed to working behind the scenes, she has adopted a more public role that has taken her from speaking at a Denver synagogue to witnessing the installation of a Mormon church president in Salt Lake City.

"When Leah Daughtry walks in a room, nobody needs to underestimate her," said Burns Strider, who led religious outreach for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and is now an independent consultant. "At once she's a tough-minded political pro and at once she is a God-centered believer and follower of Christ. She marries those two personally very well and she understands how they interplay in the public square."

Growing up the oldest of four children, Daughtry was a "quiet organizer" who spent her time reading books or developing a seating chart for rides in the family car, said her father, the Rev. Herbert Daughtry.

Herbert Daughtry's father had converted the family to Pentecostalism, a fast-growing growing branch of evangelical Christianity that emphasizes the supernatural, including healing, prophesy and speaking in tongues. His House of the Lord Church, which grew into a small denomination, was at once strict about things like the length of women's skirts yet open, even in the 1930s, to ordaining women and biracial worship.

From his Brooklyn church, Herbert Daughtry immersed his family in the civil rights struggle. Responding to police violence, he helped start the National Black United Front, bringing together parties as varied as the Black Panthers and the Urban League. He espoused black liberation theology, presenting the Gospel as deliverance for the oppressed. It's the same belief system held by Obama's controversial former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

At the same time, Herbert Daughtry weathered criticism in the black community for not sending his children to all-black colleges and for urging them to explore Europe instead of Africa. Heeding her father's words, Leah Daughtry earned a government degree at Dartmouth and studied for a semester in France.

"My argument was, 'I can and will teach them African history,'" Herbert Daughtry said. "They will never have to worry about being comfortable in their own skin. I wanted to broaden their scope of knowledge."

Leah Daughtry has married faith and politics, holding positions in the Clinton-era Labor Department, working on the 1992 Democratic National Convention and heading her party's outreach to faith groups, Faith In Action. And she continues to lead her own House of the Lord Church of 20 or 30 people in Washington, D.C.

Daughtry considers it all "ministry _ a way to give of yourself." Several of her party's positions, though, put her at odds with most evangelical Christians. That includes her support for abortion rights.

"Theologically, we believe that in the greatest decision of our entire lives - whether to follow God or not - God allows us to choose," she said. "If God is big enough to allow that choice, then who are we to dictate choices to other people? Your choices have consequences, but you should be allowed to make those choices."

Daughtry credited the party for changing the way it talks about abortion - "not just in terms of a woman's right to make her own health-care choices, but also in terms of our society's responsibility to make sure women have the resources that they need to make appropriate decisions."

Tony Campolo, a liberal evangelical author and pastor and member of the Democratic platform committee, said he and others hope to move the party toward stronger advocacy for reducing the number of abortions.

He declined to discuss specific proposals, but he mentioned ensuring that pregnant women are able to go on maternity leave without fear of losing their jobs, and making day care more accessible.

"If we are going to win over evangelicals, language that speaks to abortion reduction will be very necessary," Campolo said.

Daughtry believes the party already is making inroads with evangelical voters, particularly young ones sympathetic to Democratic positions on poverty and the environment.

But a survey released last week called that into question. Despite Obama's robust religious outreach, only about one-quarter of white evangelicals support him, according to the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life - about the same number that supported Democrat John Kerry at this juncture four years ago.

As for those worried that Democrats are acting like Republicans when it comes to religion, Daughtry said: "The difference between us and the Republicans is, one, we don't claim a monopoly on God. We don't try to be dogmatic about this or make it a litmus test. For us, values come from different places."

That will be reflected in the interfaith service - which may or may not include an address from an atheist but will be open to anyone regardless of belief or political party, Daughtry said.

"For me as person of faith who has made God first in her life," Daughtry said, "it is symbolically important that the first thing we're doing is coming together as people of faith to celebrate our faith traditions and to ask the blessings of God on us as we undertake this great civic responsibility."

 

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Hello All,

 

We must continue as the watchmen and keep diligent over our portion of the wall.  This link takes you to Cry Out America organizing on Thursday, 9/11 at noon at court courthouses to pray.  Consider joining this prayerful effort as a part of our Thursday Noon Call to Prayer:

 

https://awakeningamerica.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=3

 

Also, below from Capitol Hill Prayer Partners (CHPP) gives more information on this united effort in prayer for our country.  CHPP will be joining us for the National Prayer Summit praying for government as a part of the 7x7 Concert of Prayer. 

 

Please let your coordinator network know of this opportunity.  AGAPE!!

 

To God be all the Glory,

 

Lisa Crump

National Coordinator Senior Manager

National Day of Prayer Task Force

719-268-4803 office

www.nationaldayofprayer.org

 

"...stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain." 1 Corinthians 15:58 

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Subject: AWAKENING AMERICA ALLIANCE

 

AWAKENING AMERICA ALLIANCE

 

www.awakeningamerica.us Saturday, June 21, 2008

"CRY OUT AMERICA!" Thursday, 9/11/08 Joel 1:14 -- Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord.   INTRODUCTION On September 11, Christians across the naiton will join forces to CRY OUT FOR AMERICA in an initiative sponsored by The Awakening Alliance. Gathering together in Solemn Assemblies, the Awakening Alliance seeks to raise up ALTARS OF REPENTANCE ON THE STEPS OF EVERY COURTHOUSE IN EVERY COUNTY IN OUR NATION. As one of the sponsors of the Awakening Alliance, Capitol Hill Prayer Partners urges each of our members to prayerfully consider raising up your own time of repentance, at the site of your own county courthouse, according to the guidelines given at the AAA website, on Thursday, September 11. We also would urge all of you to continue to prayerfully consider our own "Calls to Repentance," as building blocks -- or stepping stones -- in removing altars of iniquity in our land, and establishing the righteous foundation of the Word of God for our people. The "Call to Repentance" is issued every Sunday evening at 7:00 p.m., Eastern Time. WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE, TOO, THAT ALL OF OUR "CALLS TO REPENTANCE" ARE NOW ARCHIVED (THROUGH WEEK 23) AT OUR NEW BLOG: http://acalltorepentance1.blogspot.com/ Working together, in offering acts of repentance in our own prayer closets and as we gather together in these Solemn Assemblies, perhaps our Lord WOULD hear, take note, and forgive . . . and may MANY come to Him in salvation through the work of our hands. "Your people will volunteer freely in the day of Your power . . . " (Psalm 110:3 NAS) THE CATALYST THE CATALYST FOR REPENTANCE AND REVIVAL In 2001, extremist enemies assaulted our nation with the terrorist attacks of 9-11. These acts of aggression signaled a physical wake up call for our nation as we entered the new millennium. America and many of our allies united together in immediate response. Vigilance increased. Security tightened. Reserves were activated and our nation was moved to action. Now, seven years later, a new spiritual wake up call will be issued on 9-11-08. This spiritual alarm will be sounded by Christian believers across America in a nation-wide, simultaneous prayer gathering. Cry Out America calls for us to gather at every county courthouse from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. on this notable day in a united response before the Lord. Together we will cry out for God's mercy at the place of justice and focus prayer on awakening our county for Christ. The Awakening America Alliance believes that now is the time to unite for America's future. Supernatural intervention is our only hope of turning the spiritual tide in our day. In every great awakening throughout history, extraordinary, united prayer has been critical. A SOLEMN ASSEMBLY A SOLEMN ASSEMBLY The hour long "Cry Out America" meeting will be approached as a Solemn Assembly. Not only were Solemn Assembles a very common aspect in the revivals of the Bible, but they were a very important part of the life of believers in America during all its early years. Our early fathers believed God was offended by sin. They themselves were deeply troubled both by the existence of personal sin and the presence of unconfessed corporate sins in the churches and in the nation. They sought the Lord concerning natural disasters through fasting, prayer and corporate repentance. They also sought the Lord in Solemn Assemblies in connection with wars, murders, rapes, and all other immoral issues, believing such outbursts of wickedness to be directly related to the general decline of moral and spiritual life in the churches. For verification, please see the Sprague Collection of Early American Pamphlets at the Weidener Library at Harvard University. Like any other God-ordained means of grace, the Solemn Assembly has the potential of being corrupted. The very severe denunciations of Isaiah 1:10-15 clearly indicate God's displeasure with form and ritual. "Bring your worthless offerings no longer, their incense is an abomination to Me. New moons and Sabbath, the calling of assemblies --I cannot endure iniquity and the Solemn Assembly. I hate your new moon festivals and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me. I am weary of bearing them...." A CALL FOR PARTICIPATION A CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Your help is needed in making Thursday, September 11, 2008 an extraordinary day of prayer. If you believe that extraordinary prayer is needed to awaken our nation and you are willing to be used of God in making it happen, then please begin to inform those you know and work with about this prayer time. The AAA is organizing by county, if you should choose to work in your area, please contact them at their email address or their website and see if your county already has a leader. It is imperative that we work together in all of our prayer efforts across the land prior to the election--after too, for that matter. Times are desperate right now! Please join with the AAA and be a part of this move of God IN CLOSING . . . IN CLOSING . . . The Awakening America Alliance is a broad umbrella under which the body of Christ in America will unite together purposefully issuing a call for revival in the church and a Christ awakening in the nation by utilizing unified activity, various forms of media, and highly visible national and localized events. Alliance members will collaborate together in prayer, fasting and God-inspired action to impact the nation's non- Christian population. To learn more about formation of the Awakening Alliance America, and to understand the full scope of this project, we invite you to visit the AAA website For further information about this organization, call 1.888.9AWAKE.US or send us an email to mail@awakeningameria.us PLEASE HELP US TO SPREAD THE WORD TO "CRY OUT AMERICA" ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2008. This bulletin may be freely distributed to your own network of friends . . . thank you . . . and WELCOME! II CHRONICLES 7:14,15 II CHRONICLES 7:14,15 " . . if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place."

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Senator's book critizes gov't, courts for silencing religion

Associated Press - 7/19/2008 4:10:00 AM

Senator Jim DeMint says many Christians and their pastors are afraid to state their moral convictions about abortion, homosexuality, pornography, and other issues.

 

The South Carolina Republican is co-author of a new book titled Why We Whisper – Restoring Our Right To Say It's Wrong. DeMint blames government, and courts in particular, for turning wrongs into rights and barring religious views from public debate. Government rulings, he argues, have changed American culture.

 

"Before the 1960s, it was pretty clear that abortion was wrong, that sex outside of marriage was wrong, that unwed birth was wrong, and pornography, homosexuality – all this was considered wrong by the society," DeMint contends. "But government came in and turned right and wrong upside down."
 
DeMint says religious appeals have essentially been barred from public debate. "So many things that have a valued judgment about right or wrong can be related to religion," DeMint adds. "But the government essentially said that religion must be separated from public life. And by doing that, people with really strong traditional views feel intimidated, and they whisper."
 
He is urging clergy and people of faith to fearlessly proclaim what they believe is right for America.

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Pope to World Youth Day: "The womb...has Become a place of unutterable violence"

by John-Henry Westen : Jul 19, 2008 : LifeSiteNews.com
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/jul/08071704.html

"The concerns for non-violence, sustainable development, justice and peace, and care for our environment are of vital importance for humanity. They cannot, however, be understood apart from a profound reflection upon the innate dignity of every human life from conception to natural death: a dignity conferred by God himself and thus inviolable." –Pope Benedict XVI

(Sydney, Australia)—In his address to the hundreds of thousands of youth who welcomed him at Barangaroo, Sydney Harbour [this week], Pope Benedict XVI issued one of the strongest challenges he has yet made to work for the right to life of unborn children. "How can it be that the most wondrous and sacred human space—the womb—has become a place of unutterable violence?" he said.

During his address to the young people, Pope Benedict remarked on the natural beauty of Australia, leading into a short discourse on the need to be good stewards of the environment—an issue the younger generations have vigorously been schooled in. The Pope then turned his greater attention to the "social environment," urging the youth to care for this environment, which is created by man and which the Pope noted is "the apex of God's creation." (Photo: WYD)

"Perhaps reluctantly we come to acknowledge," he said, "that there are also scars which mark the surface of our earth: erosion, deforestation, the squandering of the world's mineral and ocean resources in order to fuel an insatiable consumption." He then continued: "And we discover that not only the natural but also the social environment—the habitat we fashion for ourselves—has its scars; wounds indicating that something is amiss."

He noted problems, such as "alcohol and drug abuse, and the exaltation of violence and sexual degradation, often presented through television and the internet as entertainment."

The Pope returned to the theme of the "social environment" in the powerful conclusion to his remarks. He said: "But what of our social environment? Are we equally alert to the signs of turning our back on the moral structure with which God has endowed humanity? Do we recognize that the innate dignity of every individual rests on his or her deepest identity—as image of the Creator—and therefore that human rights are universal, based on the natural law, and not something dependent upon negotiation or patronage, let alone compromise?

"The concerns for non-violence, sustainable development, justice and peace, and care for our environment are of vital importance for humanity. They cannot, however, be understood apart from a profound reflection upon the innate dignity of every human life from conception to natural death: a dignity conferred by God himself and thus inviolable," he said.

 

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