Third, we genuinely seek to be Christian and promote God’s kingdom on earth. Unlike so many evangelicals, we understand that God is not American, not a patriot, and that despite all you claim, this nation was not founded on Christian principles. Thank God some of us are Christians. To be a Christian is our choice, not because we live in America but because of our relationship with God through Jesus Christ. You cannot make God an American. It’s our prayer that you can be genuine Christians. We see that you and so many others seek to make your idols to worship. You have made Jesus white when the Jesus of the Bible is not white. He is a Palestinian Jew, a man of color. A Savior of color may frighten you.
Fourth, because of our relationship with Jesus, many of us support who you call “that woman.” “That woman’s name is Vice President Kamala Harris. And she is not perfect; like us, she is a sinner. But unlike the man you support, she is saved, belongs to, and attends the church. She prays and repents. Unlike the man you support, she didn’t turn Black; she was born Black. Your man “turned orange.” Kamala Harris doesn’t denigrate and belittle people. Your man refers to all immigrants as felons and rapists. We are trying to figure out why he is upset. He is a felon and a convicted rapist. You talk about living righteously. Your man lies every time his lips move, pays prostitutes, doesn’t worship God, doesn’t read “2 Corinthians” (as he calls it), curses like a sailor, and seeks to overthrow the government.
Black faith leaders know better than to support a man like this. What’s your excuse? Is it because you and many evangelicals want to “Make America Great Again”? In other words, turn back time to a period when no civil rights, voting rights, equal opportunity, or women’s rights existed. When white men ran everything?
The Black Church has saved this country from itself several times before, and I pray we can do it again. May it be said of us as was said of the New Testament Church, “they turned the world upside down.” (Acts 17:6)
Bishop Silvester Scott Beaman, President of the Council of Bishops
Bishop Wilfred J. Messiah, Senior Bishop
Bishop James L. Davis, President of the General Board
Bishop Reginald T. Jackson, Chair of the Commission on Social Action
Bishop Silvester Scott Beaman, a Niagara Falls native, holds degrees from Wilberforce University, Boston University, and Payne Theological Seminary. His pastoral career began in 1985, with significant leadership roles at St. Paul A.M.E. in Bermuda and Bethel A.M.E. in Wilmington, Delaware, where he expanded membership, created over 50 new ministries, and initiated programs like the Beautiful Gate Outreach Center for HIV/AIDS support. Appointed the 139th Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 2021, he has served districts in South Africa, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. In 2023, President Biden named him Chair of the Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement. Bishop Beaman, who delivered the benediction at Biden’s 2021 inauguration, shares a 30-year family friendship with the Bidens. He is married to Renée Palmore Beaman, and they have two daughters and four grandchildren
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