a church deliberately devoid of anything American. Even the term "African-American" is avoided like a plague.

Submitted by Mike (United States), Mar 6, 2008 at 12:57

Is the American flag part of the experience imparted in this church ?

Trinity United Church of Christ- THE BLACK VALUE SYSTEM :
http://www.tucc.org/black_value_system.html

This is the church where Barak Obama is a member.
And is presumably a baptized member, although there is no clear proof of this requirement.

"As a congregation of baptized believers, ..." : theTrinity United Church of Christ mission stmt goes
to explain:
http://www.tucc.org/mission.htm

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