crosby is pastor of a predominantly white southern baptist church in new orleans, first baptist, and has become close friends with luter. >> i trust him. his presidency is not going to be about him. it's going to be about the health of our convention. and we need his help. we need his perspective. we need his wisdom. >> reporter: the two pastors' friendship was forged in the difficult days after hurricane katrina. franklin avenue baptist church had been devastated by the storm. months after katrina struck, volunteers in protective suits were still trying to clean out the sanctuary. >> come here and see this, this church that god allowed me to pastor, we built this church and -- beautiful -- and then coming here, and we see pews thrown all over, the mud thick, the smell, the stench, it just, i just, i cried like a baby. >> reporter: the church had to be completely gutted and rebuilt. most of the 7,000 congregation members had fled from new orleans, but the remaining 50 or 60 needed a place to worship. first baptist, which had sustained much less damage, opened its doors, and the two c

. >>> the 16th street baptist church was built in 1873. 12th street. it moved to this site around 1883 and was renamed the 16th street baptist church. it moved to this site around 1883 and was renamed the 16th street baptist church, moved here because of the land that it was on previously. it was co-opted by the city and they moved the church here and this land had a lot of red clay on it, so they moved here, 1883, called it 16th street baptist church, renamed it, and then it was a beautiful church what we're told. we're also told the power structure said no black church should be that beautiful. the steeple does not meet the ordinance, take it down, and they did. the only black architect in the state that was a member of the church designed the church we're in now, and 16th street baptist church had a dual purpose. it was a place for spiritual form nation. it was also a place for social gatherings because in the jim crowe south, african-americans couldn't go to the alabama theater, they couldn't go to the civics center, they couldn't go t

and spreading baptist teachings. in fact, there were also a couple of cases in nearby counties. it happened fortuitously, although i don't know if mattison would've said this was fortuitous. it happened that madison was born in the epicenter of radical protestantism in america. the baptist movement was in the neighboring counties in virginia the two of them were witnessed to this treatment that was being given to the baptists in virginia. these very last few years of the colonial period. besides the whippings that were complained of, in one case, the local leader of the gentry, that is the local elite cheap figure, -- waited until the baptists had gone into a meeting on sunday, he locked the doors and through api through the window. there was another episode of the gentry, this was an episcopalian church, likely a wizard family to pay for the capital. another time, another family in colonial virginia had waited for the baptist to go into their meeting house on a sunday morning. all of them in on horseback, riding dow

i wish you were all baptists, because baptists' need to hear this. we have tended to forget those religious wellsprings from which our own distinctive commitment to religious freedom has sprung. now, there's great debate about where baptists come from. there is a view called landmark ism is the history of baptist through an unbroken chain of true baptist churches all the way back to jesus and the first baptist church of jerusalem. [laughter] i kid you not. never mind that trail goes through some pretty nefarious groups like -- it is there. however, real scholarly work on the history of baptists began in the 16th century and 17th century, particularly in the early 17th century england with a group that emerged out of the separatist movement which had come out of the church of england, led by people who at one time did in exile, sent into the netherlands to find a little respite from the persecution of king james i as the. of those came back to england. they became it was wrong for them to flee persecution. led by a person named thomas, he was not a cl

and spreading baptist's teachings. there were also a couple cases in nearby counties and it happened fortuitously although i don't know whether madison said this was fortuitous but it happened madison was born in the epicenter of radical protestantism in america. the baptist movement was strongest in neighboring counties in virginia and happened that was thomas jefferson's home county. they were witness to this treatment that was being meted out to the baptists in virginia and the last few years of the colonial period. besides the with things, findings and jailings that madison -- we have other episodes. the local leader of the gentry, the local elite chief figurehead waited until the local baptists had gone in for their meeting on sunday morning and closed the door and walked them and had thrown a beehive through the window. there was another episode in which a leader of the gentry, this one also eat is the alien because that was the established church and that was your church likely in your county and your family tha

i'm a baptist minister and an ethicist. and i do think there are unprecedented threats to our religious freedoms. 20 years ago, i was in debates with people of my own dmon nation and in american christianity in general who were concerned about what they say as threats to the establishment clause. i said i'm sorry, i don't see any significant threat to the establishment clause in my li lifeti lifetime. but i do see rising threats to the preexercise clause from a growing secularism that is influencing the opinion-making segments of our society and is increasingly intolerant of wrjs expression. i'm reminded as i look at the landscape of america of the famous comment by peter berger when he was told there was a worldwide research done to dis ko discover the degree of religious practice around the world. when they finished tabulating all the data, they found the most religious country in the world was india. and the least religious country in the world was sweden. and when peter berger was told the results he said american was a

i wish you were all baptist, because baptists need to hear this.we have tended to forget those religious wellsprings for which our own distinctive commitment to religious freedom has sprung. now, there is great debate about where that came from. there is a great view which is called landmark in some, which traces this all the way back to jesus and the first baptist church of jerusalem. i kid you not. nevermind that that trail goes through some pretty nefarious groups like the [inaudible name] come of it is there. however, real scholarly work on the history begins in the 16th and 17th century. particularly, in early 17th century england. with a group that emerged out of the separatist movement which had come out of the church of england. led by people who let one time had been exiled and sent into the netherlands to find respite from the persecution of king james the first. but some of us came back to england. they became convinced that it had been wrong for them to flee persecution, and led by a person called thomas. he was not a clergy. he was not

baptists. because baptists need to hear this. we have to forget those religious wellsprings from which our own distinctive commitment to religious freedom has sprung. now there's great debate about where baptist come from. there is a view called landmarkism which traces the history of baptist through an unbroken chair of true baptist churches all the way back to jesus and the first baptist church of jerusalem. i kid you not. never mind the trail goes through groups like the cathary, but it's there. however, real scholarly work begins on the 16th and 17th century. and particularly in early 17th century england with a group that emerged out of the separatist movement which had come out of the church of england, led by people who had been sent into the netherlands. but some of those came back to england. they became convinced it was from for them to flee and led by a person named thomas. he was not a clergy. he was not a minister. he was a lawyer. trained, and deeply committed to the experiment in

is not so well-known is the powerful influence of the millennium celebrations which is called the baptist of the roots which took place in 1998. mikail gorbachev lifted the lid off of religious freedom and would not go back on. the russian orthodox church was up from the underground and there was no going back. holy mother russia turned quickly into the godless bolshevik state. the religion and religious liberties were under attack, large portions of the faithful simply remained silent. we can't afford to not learn from this historical lesson that is only one of many that are almost identical. in his book," the rebellion of ronald reagan," the author wrote religion has been a central component of interest in soviet union. in russia i say religion is alive. beleaguered, tormented but alive. he had written this after her first visit to the soviet union in 1967. in a state where great cathedrals have been turned into obscene anti-religious museums, where god has officially been declared dead, this was a sublime example of his enduring strength in the hearts of men. she had studied the histor

and in the rewrite tonight, you are going to hear the vicious baptist pastor who advocated child abuse in his sunday sermon. he has apologized today. that's in the rewrite. high schools in six states enrolled in the national math and science initiative... ...which helped students and teachers get better results in ap courses. together, they raised ap test scores 138%. just imagine our potential... ...if the other states joined them. let's raise our scores. let's invest in our teachers and inspire our students. let's solve this. >>> newt gingrich today mourned for a broken washington. why isn't he proud of the fact that he's the one who broke it? that's coming up. and the politics of obliviousness. what ann romney's t-shirt tells us about the romney's understanding of real life in america today. and in the rewrite, on sunday, a baptist pastor said -- and you're going to hear, you're going to hear him say this, he said that you should punch a 4-year-old boy if he has a limp wrist. and he had other really disgusting ideas about little girls. he issued a written apology today. and he lied

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and in the rewrite tonight, you are going to hear the vicious baptist pastor who advocated child abuse in his sunday sermon. he has apologized today. that's in the rewrite. every communications provider is different but centurylink is committed to being a different kind of communications company. ♪ we link people and fortune 500 companies nationwide and around the world. and we will continue to free you to do more and focus on what matters. recently, students from 31 countries took part in a science test. the top academic performers surprised some people. so did the country that came in 17th place. let's raise the bar and elevate our academic standards. let's do what's best for our students-by investing in our teachers. let's solve this. >>> newt gingrich today mourned for a broken washington. why isn't he proud of the fact that he's the one who broke it? that's coming up. and the politics of obliviousness. what ann romney's t-shirt tells us about the romney's understanding of real life in america today. and in the rewrite, on sunday, a baptist pastor said -- and you're going to hear,

and spreading baptist teachings.n fact, there were also a couple of cases in nearby counties. it happened fortuitously, although i don't know if mattison would've said this was fortuitous. it happened that madison was born in the epicenter of radical protestantism in america. the baptist movement was in the neighboring counties in virginia the two of them were witnessed to this treatment that was being given to the baptists in virginia. these very last few years of the colonial period. besides the whippings that were complained of, in one case, the local leader of the gentry, that is the local elite cheap figure, -- waited until the baptists had gone into a meeting on sunday, he locked the doors and through api through the window. there was another episode of the gentry, this was an episcopalian church, likely a wizard family to pay for the capital. another time, another family in colonial virginia had waited for the baptist to go into their meeting house on a sunday morning. all of them in on horseback, riding down

i mean, the baptists are so open-minded, actually, on doctrine that they're, you know, you have two baptists together arguing doctrine, you've got three opinions. you know, there's so many different kinds of things and they tend to form sects and split and split and split again. susanna? >> i think that i didn't have a huge problem with what we saw. you know, i think the things he quoted as, you know, hard-line doctrine or dogma for his faith group are things that most christians probably hold true- i think. so in that sense, i guess where he would get in trouble with me is that he ruled other people out. but ... uh - oh, i had a more important point even. but here's another one i'm going to do until the real one comes along, and that is, too, along with him, i have a problem giving the 35,000-year-old master and ramtha equal stature with christianity, buddhism, hinduism. i mean, you name any of these others, the earth based religions and so forth, i have a hard time considering them in the same category- with the others, i really do. and so, you know, that said, i guess- i guess that's all

and spreading baptist teachings. fact, there were also a couple of cases in nearby counties. it happened fortuitously, although i don't know if mattison would've said this was fortuitous. it happened that madison was born in the epicenter of radical protestantism in america. the baptist movement was in the neighboring counties in virginia the two of them were witnessed to this treatment that was being given to the baptists in virginia. these very last few years of the colonial period. besides the whippings that were complained of, in one case, the local leader of the gentry, that is the local elite cheap figure, -- waited until the baptists had gone into a meeting on sunday, he locked the doors and through api through the window. there was another episode of the gentry, this was an episcopalian church, likely a wizard family to pay for the capital. another time, another family in colonial virginia had waited for the baptist to go into their meeting house on a sunday morning. all of them in on horseback, riding down a

the zion church, of bethel, and third baptist will all be celebrating their 160th anniversary this yearese churches were established two years after san francisco was established. thank you for joining us. [applause] the other thing i would like to speak briefly on is the fact that we celebrate black history month annually. black history month was started under the auspices of the association for the study of african american life and history. it was designed as a time when we highlight the contributions and roll african americans have played in society in general, and the world at large. recently, there was a movie that was screened that i have the privilege of being on a panel to discuss a after the movie. it was entitled "more than just a month." there was a discussion going on about the history, whether african american history should be relegated to a month, or whether it should be celebrated 365 days of the year. the effect of the matter is that it is celebrated 365 days a year. this represents a culmination of a specific focus. when we talk about african- american history, we are

jean baptiste is just coming into view, and it's an unprovoked attack on mr. jules. mr. jules, from our perspective, and from the officers' observation, never fought back to defend himself. detainee jules did not see the attack coming. and you can see that mr. jean baptiste really manhandles him for quite some time, actually launching a flying kick there. >> i never do nothing to you. why would you just come to beat me and take me, drop me on the floor like that. like someone who you're trying to kill me, right? so why? my neck, i can't move it. and now i feel headache. i feel headache. and then keep -- >> while jules said the attack was unprovoked jean baptiste told jail officials he was acting on a long-held brung from the streets. >> inmate jean baptiste blamed inmate jules for his previous incarceration. i don't know what happened on the street between them but he blamed everything on inmate jules. apparently he's been waiting two years to get his hands on him. >> both inmates went to the seg unit. inmate jules was found not guilty, and he was released from the seg u

i mean, you went to american baptist if you couldn't get in to tennessee state or alabama a&m. i mean, it was-- i mean, you would say, "well, on s.a.t.s, we can't take this young man." it's a reminder of untapped potential if we don't reach out. i mean, how many people have these abilities but have never had a chance to play the full-- expend the full possibilities of their lives? john lewis is, to me, just one of the heroes. john lewis, i think, is the single best american citizen i've ever known. i mean, he is so steadfast. here we are, 40 years later, and he's still doing ten times more things than he should. he's a congressman, he's generous-hearted, he's not a separatist. he treats everybody the way they would like to be treated. he reaches out to everyone. he still talks about the good community, the noble community. the beloved community. the beloved community that jim lawson first mentioned to him. and he was a person who could have had a wasted life that we would never reach. i joined the new york times that year, the day after john kennedy's election. and one of my la

at shiloh baptist church in washington where obama celebrated easter last year, reverend wallace charles smith believes it president got it wrong. >> we have not preferred, we had not weighed in in on the issue? >> he and his congregation were praying for president obama every sunday for the last seven years. >> we ask for the community support for the president in the upcoming election. i would hope not. we have larger challenges that we have to tackle. >> the shiloh member who was gay said the president took a courageous stand. >> i'm a black gay male and also as a baptist, i feel that, you know, things -- they'll change. and opinions will change. and the only thing i want to do is lift it up to the lord. >> african-americans had been a strong base of support for the president, polls show they're more likely than whites to oppose same-sex marriage. that has softened in recent years. in baltimore, emmitt burns is so upset he publicly withdrew his support for president obama and said the issue will cost him the election. >> people i know, people come up to me and are saying they don't su

sunday," the lyrics were written by baez's brother-in-law and recounts the tragic bombing of the baptist church on september 25th, 1953 which killed four young girls and wounded scores, and there were actually civil disturbances in birmingham that night as blacks reacted in anger, and two more young people were killed in the violence that ensued, one by police. ♪ ♪ and the number of killed was the four ♪ ♪ she asked for a blessing and then ask for no more ♪ ♪ and the choir kept singing our freedom ♪ ♪ on birmingham sunday the noise shook the ground ♪ ♪ and people all over the earth turned around ♪ ♪ and all recall a cowardly sound ♪ ♪ and the choir kept singing of freedom ♪ >> shall we keep moving, okay? all right. now, when you listen to nina simone doing "mississippi god damn," you think back to the disillusionment that ann moody describes at the end of coming of age in mississippi, and i think you can understand simone's anger which, of course, she's responding to the assassination of medgar evers and -- ♪ ♪ everybody knows about mississippi god damn ♪ ♪ >> the song of is simone's res

i am president of the san francisco baptist ministers' conference.n a little hollywood for the past 40 years. i want to talk to you about what mta is doing. before i went into the ministry, i spent 25 years with the pacific electric and gas company as a manager and i ran my own consulting business for 10 years. when i heard the presentation from mta, so many questions come into my mind. when they talk about implementing parking meters on sunday, what is the rate of return? the cost of implementation, the cost of installing new meters versus, it's money they're going to get back. i do not think the dollar's add up. the other part is that you look at the impact it will have on the communities that are being involved and the ill feeling that will be created. the value will come up to be a loss instead of a positive. a lot of this stuff, you have small businesses that are involved and it is gone to impact them, which is going to affect their revenue. i am asking for the board of supervisors to support us. i want to thank supervisor wiener. it is importan

convention, the biggest baptist group in american with 16 million members.n north carolina is not a member of that convention. they're an independent group. so these southern baptists came out and soundly condemned virtually everything he said, despite the fact that they are opposed to same-sex marriage themselves. this language, this rhetoric was too far for just about everybody. on the time i've spent on this story i haven't found a single person outside of that church building supported those comments by pastor worley. >> eric, thanks so much for bringing that to us. >>> for more on this story, check out our belief blog at cnn.com/belief. you can add your own comments if you'd like. >>> debris from that deadly earthquake and tsunami in japan is now washing up on the alaskan shore. and it's impacting the environment. every communications provider is different but centurylink is committed to being a different kind of communications company. ♪ we link people and fortune 500 companies nationwide and around the world. and we will continue to free you to do mor

and i don't know about you, i'm southern baptist, and in the southern baptist church a preacher is only one deacon's meeting away from being unemployed. but they came to me and i had been there for nine years, we had just built a brand new church. the old one was sort of off the beaten path and we built a beautiful building. i don't know about here in this neck of the woods but down in my neck of the woods, $1.5 million building is a pretty substantial building in our neck of the woods. and the lord had been gracious enough to let us do that. and then i called matt and i told him about this idea that i had for "runaway slave." matt, i need some help. and he got behind me on the project. and when they heard about "runaway slave" movie if you think they didn't like tea party they lost their minds. this runaway slave thing. so we came to the parting of the ways and i guess sort of like moses i led them up to the promised land but i never went in with them. but, it was time for me to leave. matt and i in tel aviv about six months ago, we were able to start the first tea party in israel, we

the church was originally named the paul creek baptist church of christ.ulations to rosetta baptist church, and as always, we want to learn about your home church as well, so the list can be sent to the address on the screen. stay with us, mail bag is next. there's been a whole lot of talk lately about internet speeds... let's shed a little light on the subject. unlike cable, verizon fios is 100% fiber-optics -- so it's powered by light... that means it's faster, and has vastly more bandwidth capacity. for video chats with grandma, downloading hd movies, and uploading home videos. all the internet you need for all your devices. verizon fios is america's fastest, most consistent, most reliable internet. period. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. time now for our weekly look inside the farm report mailbag... david sauers disputes my assertion that cash is no l >> time now for our weekly look inside the old farm report mailbag. david sours disputes that position that cash is no longer king. we invented a new hero, a

high and a baptist minister and in at the cyst. i do think there -- i am a baptist minister and an ethicist. 20 years ago, i was in a debate with people of my own congregation and christianity in general as to what they as threats to the establishment clause. i do not see any significant threat to the establishment clause in my lifetime, but i do see rising threats to the free exercise clause from a growing secularism that is influencing the opinion-making segments of our society and is increasingly intolerant of religious expression. i am reminded as i look at the landscape of america, the famous, and from peter berger when he was told worldwide research was done to discover the degree of religious beliefs or practices in societies around the world. when they finished tabulating all of the data, they found that the most religious country and the world was india. and the least religious country in the world was sweden. when peter berger was told the result, he said america was a nation of indians ruled by swedes. [laughter] it is s

i come from a very conservative, a baptist background. it served me well. had to open my eyes to actually see the world. braley the hardest thing i had to do was realized, in a blue- collar family, to say to my family that i think i am a performer. i think i can tell stories. if i was around all the guys with their lunch pails, they kind of snickered. costner does not want to grow up. he wanted to be recessed. -- to be recess. in my heart, i knew i was a storyteller. making that decision, once you make a decision to be an actor, there is no guarantee of success. that is the bad news. now you have got to try to do what you are doing. dad, i am going to interview. how're you going to do that? nobody knows you. you come up against the people who love you the most. the reason they are like that is they are afraid. they do not want you to fail. the reality was, the pressure shifted from the to those who loved me the most. tavis: this is a long way from being a hollywood tour guide. >> i was a stage manager down here for $3.50 out of college. i was not exactly mo

and reverend jones became an ordained baptist minister. but what is so phenomenal about the life and times of reverend jones, not only he was a circuit black baptist preacher, he was able to document it on film. and from about 1925 to 1928, reverend jones traversed all of oklahoma. he covered more blacktowns and cities than any individual as far as recording events. came here to langston. he came here to langston and covered a football game in the fans in the stands. first recording of that anywhere, that's unheard of for a former slave, a person born into slavery to have that kind of foresight and wisdom to record a story that very few whites were recording let alone somebody black. i've been a collector of african-american black history for over 30 years. i've been very fortunate to gain quite a name in the collecting community. so i received a phone call on my cell phone from a white dealer out of tulsa. and the gentleman said over the phone, are you curry ballard? i said, yes. he said do you collect that black stuff? and i said, yes, w

. >> marriage between one baptist man and one baptist woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid. >> when you start picking and choosing between people that all obey the same family, you violated. government soef reached. it's not republican, it's not conservative, it's overreached. this is crazy, it's discrimination, it's homelessness. >> but can we also call it what it is. we're trying to drive a wedge between the black community and the latino community. get them fighting each other so they won't notice we're over there. >> and the president won't take a stance because -- well, he won't take a public stance -- he won't take a public stance on this because it's based on politics. so he's leading the biggest political fight of them all. >> straight ahead, even in the face of -- prove that we can grant the -- i agree with him of the american decline. the renaissance, still to come. like how a little oil from here can be such a big thing in an old friend's life. purina one discovered that by blending enhanced botanical oils into our food, we can help brighten an old dog's

. >> this pastor at hope christian baptist church believes same-sex marriage undercuts the strength of family traditions. >> black families in general are on life-support. and the confusion of definitions -- >> according to a "washington post" poll, 71% of maryland's white democrats o support same-sex marriage while 53% of black democrat os pose it. >> for me this is fundamentally an issue of the separation of church and state. >> however the pastor of the baptist church in clinton is one of the few black pastors who support the current law. >> you should not allow our subjective thee logical understanding prevent other citizens of this country from having equal rights. >> it is now a waiting game. >> it's not about the legislation, it's about having the right for from whomever you love. >> certainly president obama's endorsement of same-sxz merge adds another layer to the debate but neath of the pastors we spoked to said she will encourage their members to vote against the president in november. >> jeff: these are tough times for students of all ages, one in every five federal student

i am a baptist minister and an ethicist. i think there are unprecedented threats to our religious freedom today. 20 years ago, i was in debates with people in my own denomination and in american christianity in general. they were concerned about what they saw as threats to the establishment. i said i am sorry. i do not see any significant threat to the establishment clause in my lifetime. but i do see a rising threat to the free exercise clause from a growing secularism that is influencing the opinion making segments of our society and is intolerant of religious expression. i am reminded, as i looked at the landscape of america, of the comment by peter berger when he was told there was a worldwide research done to discover the degree of religious belief or religious practice and societies around the world. when they finished tabulating all the data, they found that the most religious country of the world was india. the least religious country was in sweden. when peter berger was told the results he said that america was a na

he preaches at the providence road baptist church. acco according to his website, a church about a half hour's drive outside of charlotte, north carolina. the sign out front there says home of old time religion. well, tonight, the church is now the focus of a modern day uproar. and pastor worley could be facing legal troubles for mixing politics into his preaching. there by violating rules that give his church tax exempt status. we're going to talk about that shortly, get reaction from the community live including some church members. the sermon in question heard on mother's day. pastor worley lashed out at president obama's support for same-sex marriage and laid out his plan for eliminating gays and lesbians. >> of our president getting up and saying that it's all right for two women to marry or two men to marry. i tell you right now. i was disappointed bad. i tell you right there as sorry as you can get. the bible's against it. god's against it. i'm against it. and if you've got any sense, you're against it. i had a way -- i figured