How the black community is rewarding this "pastor". He isnt a pastor in my opinion. He isnt even a well-thinking black man. In fact in MY book he boarding on something else.
http://www.southtownstar.com/news/867089,032908wright.article
By Kristen Schorsch, Staff writer
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright's four-bedroom home in Tinley Park will feature an elevator, a large family room with a fireplace and bar, a butler's pantry, a rubberized exercise room, a circular driveway, a four-car garage, a spare room for a future theater or swimming pool and a master bedroom with a whirlpool and custom shower as well as a fireplace and under-counter fridge, building plans show.
He would add to the mix of townhomes and multimillion dollar single-family homes that make up Odyssey Club, which backs up to Odyssey Country Club and golf course.
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The Rev. Jeremiah Wright's home will feature an elevator, a rubberized exercise room, a circular driveway and a spare room for a future theater or swimming pool.
The subdivision has some of the largest homes in Tinley Park, said Trustee Greg Hannon, an avid golfer at the country club.
"I think it's where people kind of decide to get away from things," he said.
Wright's Tinley Park mansion is estimated to cost $1 million, a building permit shows. Trinity United Church of Christ, 400 W. 95th Street, Chicago, is listed as the landowner on the permit.
Wright could not be reached for comment. A business manager with the South Side church did not return a phone call for comment.
The pastor has made national news in recent weeks as one of his congregants - presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Barack Obama - has been forced to comment on controversial words Wright has said from the pulpit.
Among the minister's inflammatory remarks was that U.S. foreign policy was to blame for terrorist attacks on Americans. He also blasted Obama's Democratic rival, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton.
"I am sick of negroes who just do not get it," Wright said. "Hillary was not a black boy raised in a single-parent home, Barack was. Barack knows what it means to be a black man living in a country and a culture that is controlled by rich, white people. Hillary can never know that. Hillary ain't never been called a nigger."
Wright has retired from preaching. Obama said on a Friday television appearance he would have left Trinity otherwise.
"Had the reverend not retired and had he not acknowledged that what he had said had deeply offended people and were inappropriate and mischaracterized what I believe is the greatness of this country, for all its flaws, then I wouldn't have felt comfortable staying there at the church," the Illinois senator said.
The Rev. J. Bennett Guess, communications director for the United Church of Christ national office, said local congregations decide how to spend their own money. At Trinity, pastors spend cash based on the contributions to their church, Guess said.
He added in a prepared statement: "It is customary and appropriate in many Christian denominations, including the United Church of Christ, for local churches to offer housing provisions for retiring clergy, especially in cases where pastors have served long-term pastorates.
We support efforts by our 5,700 local churches to ensure that retiring pastors and spouses have continuing housing, adequate pension and health care, as an expression of our continuing appreciation for their years of service. Each local UCC congregation is free to honor a retiring pastor in ways it feels most appropriate to address the needs of that clergyperson's circumstances."
Kristen Schorsch can be reached at kschorsch@southtownstar.com or (708) 633-5992. Kristen also blogs about Tinley Park at blogs.southtownstar.com.
http://www.southtownstar.com/news/867089,032908wright.article
By Kristen Schorsch, Staff writer
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright's four-bedroom home in Tinley Park will feature an elevator, a large family room with a fireplace and bar, a butler's pantry, a rubberized exercise room, a circular driveway, a four-car garage, a spare room for a future theater or swimming pool and a master bedroom with a whirlpool and custom shower as well as a fireplace and under-counter fridge, building plans show.
He would add to the mix of townhomes and multimillion dollar single-family homes that make up Odyssey Club, which backs up to Odyssey Country Club and golf course.
» Click to enlarge image
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright's home will feature an elevator, a rubberized exercise room, a circular driveway and a spare room for a future theater or swimming pool.
The subdivision has some of the largest homes in Tinley Park, said Trustee Greg Hannon, an avid golfer at the country club.
"I think it's where people kind of decide to get away from things," he said.
Wright's Tinley Park mansion is estimated to cost $1 million, a building permit shows. Trinity United Church of Christ, 400 W. 95th Street, Chicago, is listed as the landowner on the permit.
Wright could not be reached for comment. A business manager with the South Side church did not return a phone call for comment.
The pastor has made national news in recent weeks as one of his congregants - presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Barack Obama - has been forced to comment on controversial words Wright has said from the pulpit.
Among the minister's inflammatory remarks was that U.S. foreign policy was to blame for terrorist attacks on Americans. He also blasted Obama's Democratic rival, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton.
"I am sick of negroes who just do not get it," Wright said. "Hillary was not a black boy raised in a single-parent home, Barack was. Barack knows what it means to be a black man living in a country and a culture that is controlled by rich, white people. Hillary can never know that. Hillary ain't never been called a nigger."
Wright has retired from preaching. Obama said on a Friday television appearance he would have left Trinity otherwise.
"Had the reverend not retired and had he not acknowledged that what he had said had deeply offended people and were inappropriate and mischaracterized what I believe is the greatness of this country, for all its flaws, then I wouldn't have felt comfortable staying there at the church," the Illinois senator said.
The Rev. J. Bennett Guess, communications director for the United Church of Christ national office, said local congregations decide how to spend their own money. At Trinity, pastors spend cash based on the contributions to their church, Guess said.
He added in a prepared statement: "It is customary and appropriate in many Christian denominations, including the United Church of Christ, for local churches to offer housing provisions for retiring clergy, especially in cases where pastors have served long-term pastorates.
We support efforts by our 5,700 local churches to ensure that retiring pastors and spouses have continuing housing, adequate pension and health care, as an expression of our continuing appreciation for their years of service. Each local UCC congregation is free to honor a retiring pastor in ways it feels most appropriate to address the needs of that clergyperson's circumstances."
Kristen Schorsch can be reached at kschorsch@southtownstar.com or (708) 633-5992. Kristen also blogs about Tinley Park at blogs.southtownstar.com.