nixon at san mateo united church of christ congregational church yes. did you make sure we're not missing anything in the first aid kit? yup. did you go through the plan with the kids again? yes. announcer: the more you prepare today, the more you'll be able to reduce the devastating effects of a tornado, an earthquake, a power outage, or any other disaster. get a kit, make a plan, be informed. visit ready.gov. >> i hope you have been with us on this women's history month. now you have gone from conservative baptist church you went to the seminary how did you end up with mcc is it? metropolitan community church. >> it is they are all over the united states and other parts of the world even. primarily a ministry by and with the gay lesbian, trans gendered population. when i came to new york to san francisco i came out that was a journey in and of itself. we could spend an hour on that but we won't. i started going to metropolitan community church in san francisco and to the evening service i was preaching at presbyterian churches in the morning i would p

church still relevant or is it on life support? here to discuss this is senior minister of united church of christ. dr. forest, senior pastor of the first baptist church of lincoln gardens. and the chair of african-american studies at princeton university. gentlemen, thank you for being here. there's been so much talk over the last year or two that the black church is dead. you wrote a piece called the black church is dead. is that true? have we lost our way? has the church lost its purpose. >> we need to understand the church as the institution. the myth of black churches, black churches differentiated landscape. they are human beings, conservative, progressive, in the middle theologically. the idea it has a center of political politics has to be decentered so we can understand exactly what black religious folks are doing. in trying political times, it needs a closer inspection. i was trying to spark conversation. >> he did that. >> i have a slightly different take having been away from the church for a number of years and then returning to the church. i found that the church certainly was not the chur

united church of christ, and our donations will go through them to did dispursed in japan. >> reporter: the relief mission is spearheaded by the red cross. in san francisco the red cross is still early in its planning stages but says there's a huge stash of supplies in the area on stand by. >> the japanese red cross went in and have sent in a number of teams to determine the needs in the effected areas and to provide initial assistance. we are in close contact with them in determining how we may be able to support them. >> reporter: the folks here are watching newscasts for japan streaming on the internet currently. the sanctuary is open until 10:00 tonight for anyone who wants to come and find solace, and it will be open for a good deal of the weekend. if you want to help donate to the red cross, you can give a look at our website. ktvu.com. there's a link there. channel 2 news. >>> the oakland a's will also help the victims. they will add a fund raising component to the japanese- heritage day on april 3 april 3rd. it will feature matsuzaka. >>> the general of japan in san francisco h

so we are a ucc church, united church of christ. so our donations will go through them to be dispersed in japan. >> reporter: the mission is being efforted by the red cross. >> the japanese red cross has gone in. they've sent in a number of teams to really determine what the needs will be in the affected areas. we are in close contact with them in determining how we may be able to support them. >> reporter: and back here live pastor shehada is online. he's been looking all day really at the latest news from japan on this disaster. you can imagine he's been paying very, very close attention. as have many of the congregants here. if you want to know how you can donate to the red cross go to our website ktvu.com. live in el cerrito, john sasaki. >>> there's much more news coming up, we have the latest pictures for you and the newest information coming in from japan. also we'll show you what's happening here in the bay area as the situation along our coast is drawing a lot of spectators. >>> plus -- >> reporter: assessing the damage in

unit. desperate to get out of libya, migrants sleep at the tunisian border. welcome to "bbc world news." coming up, one week on, new zealand pays tribute to the victims of the christ church earthquake with two minutes of silence. >> ♪ will all leave the town in ruins ♪ >> screen siren jane russell has died. he may be under intense international pressure to step down, but in an exclusive interview, libyas embattled leader came out fighting. he insisted the people loved him and that outside forces from al qaeda or in setting the protest. the u.s. ambassador to the un branded the performance as "delusional." we spoke to the man at the center of libya's unfolding crisis. >> it was colonel gaddafi's first interview for western journalists since the crisis started. he agreed to see the bbc, abc news from the united states, and "the sunday times." the interview was held in a restaurant overlooking tripoli port. he said the u.n. sanctions against libya was illegitimate. he was asked if he would ever leave the country. >> [laughter] as if anyone would leave their homeland. >> you are known as the leader here. you have been the leader for many years. there are plenty of people in

unit of jesus christ. >> they are so happy. and every time i see them, it's like -- it's like, i want to be with them all of the time. >> the work of the contemporary life in the church is vital to sustaining the church. the tradition of our spirituality has the spirit of life in the highest place. that's the heart of the church, the coming out to the nuns and priests and monks who are praying and lay people who are praying is tremendous for all of us. >> and then talking about that too, talking about there is a discipline to it and a life you have to become part of. you get up at 2:00. >> but you long for it. >> you do? >> i can't wait to get up at 2:00, most mornings. but that's really true. i cannot wait to get down into that chapel and begin the adoration because it is the best part of the day. >> do we have a website for you? >> yeah. it's www.contemplativesofst joseph.org. and people can donate or find out about you. >> find out about us. a good way for those discerning religious life to find out a little bit about us, because right now we are open to our first volks. >> we only have this segment, but tell us about your helpers quickly. >> oh, yeah, there is tr

united methodist church. without objection, i will put the statements into the record. one called shoulder with shoulder, of holding american values. among others, this coalition close the american baptist churches, usa, the disciples of christ, the episcopal church, evangelical little church, he reconstructionist rabbinical associations. here's part of what they said in their statement. we remain profoundly distressed and saddened by the incidents of violence consider it again -- commit against moslems across america by the desecration of islamic houses of worship, and by the destruction of sacred text. we stand by the principal that to attack any religion in the united states is to do violence to the american religious freedom of all. we encourage all to honor freedoms guaranteed by our constitution and unable to free at exercise of religion across our land. if there are no further comments, i am going to thank the witnesses again and tell you that the hearing record will be open for two weeks, and additional materials and questions may be sent your way which i hope you would be replying to in a product manager thank you for being part of this hearing. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyr

united methodist church. without objection, i will put the statements into the record. one called shoulder with shoulder, of holding american values. among others, this coalition close the american baptist churches, usa, the disciples of christiscopal church, evangelical little church, he reconstructionist rabbinical associations. here's part of what they said in their statement. we remain profoundly distressed and saddened by the incidents of violence consider it again -- commit against moslems across america by the desecration of islamic houses of worship, and by the destruction of sacred text. we stand by the principal that to attack any religion in the united states is to do violence to the american religious freedom of all. we encourage all to honor freedoms guaranteed by our constitution and unable to free at exercise of religion across our land. that is an appropriate note to close. if there are no further comments, i am going to thank the witnesses again and tell you that the hearing record will be open for two weeks, and additional materials and questions may be sent your way which i hope you would be replying to in a product manager -- in a prompt manner. thank you for being part of this hearing. [captioning perfor