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“United Church of Christ prefers ‘to leave that more open for different expressions of the Trinity’ “
By Bob Unruh
© 2011 WND
Sen. Barack Obama with Rev. Jeremiah Wright
The United Church of Christ, the denomination whose Chicago pastor Jeremiah Wright blasted the United States and white people for years from the pulpit while Barack Obama sat in his pews, has decided to banish God “the Father” from its organizational documents.
A report from Eric Anderson on the denomination’s website confirmed that delegates to the UCC’s “General Synod 28” agreed late Monday to a series of proposed amendments to the constitution and bylaws. The vote was 613 in favor of the changes, 171 against and 10 abstaining.
The changes include a pointed deletion of a reference to God “as heavenly Father,” which has been part of Christendom’s description of the Trinity for millennia – the three persons of God being the heavenly Father, Christ the Son and Savior, and the Holy Ghost, the counselor and comforter. Read more: ‘God the Father’ banished by mainline denomination http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=318981#ixzz1RWljuI9a
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Our Father in Heaven or Our Mother the Earth? by Kjos Ministries (Kjos Ministries website is down on 7/8/2011; should be back up running soon)
