“Sen. Richard Lugar … is [a] member of our congregation, and I would hope that he would never be held accountable for everything I have said in the last 15 years. Why is there any assumption that a person in church is expected to agree with everything a pastor says?”
Kent Millard
The pastor of St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Indianapolis was referring to controversial remarks by Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor. (RNS)
“Honestly, if we could harness some of the emotion from this and turn it to evangelism and missions, we could see a massive change in our missionary and evangelistic endeavors.”
Frank Page
The president of the Southern Baptist Convention was commenting on furor after some Southern Baptists signed a statement calling for more environmental protection. (RNS)
“We wouldn't want the Catholics to get all the good stuff.”
James Somerville
The pastor of First Baptist Church in Richmond was commenting to the Washington Post on the growing interest of evangelicals in observing Lent. (RNS)