That, in brief, describes events that culminated recently at United First Parish Church, a Unitarian-Universalist congregation in Quincy, Mass., as recounted in an interview with its pastor, the Rev. Sheldon W. Bennett.
In an interview with the Guardian last week, the pastor called on the international community to put pressure on the government of the 92-year-old autocrat Robert Mugabe to "listen to its own citizens".
"There's a ton of evangelicals," said Mr. Hopkins, including an interview with Rick Warren, the pastor and best-selling author of "The Purpose Driven Life".
In an interview with the Christian Post, Osteen, a bestselling author and pastor of Houston's 45,000-member Lakewood Church, was asked if he followed the rule, and how else he stayed accountable at a time when sexual assault scandals have brought down a slew of prominent pastors.
Robert Jeffress, a Southern Baptist pastor, condemned white supremacy in an interview with Christian Broadcasting Network on Wednesday.
The Rev Timothy McDonald, a former assistant pastor at the church, sympathised in an interview with the Associated Press.
In an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday, Mr. McCain rejected the backing of the second pastor, Mr. Parsley.
"We came here to do this specifically for people that are in Hollywood because it is a hard place to work if you're saved," said Gary Swanson, the white-bearded pastor who leads Tinseltown Ministries, in an interview with VICE.
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