COGIC's Bishop Brooks Writes Foreword for Book on Obama and Christian Voters

DETROIT - Bishop PA Brooks, First Assistant Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ Inc., (COGIC) has written the foreword to a new book "Obama and Christian Loyalty" set to hit the book shelves in October and released Nov. 12 at a multi-speaker national forum in Detroit, MI.

The book written by award-winning journalist and Michigan Chronicle editor Bankole Thompson will be featured at the 2011 COGIC Holy Convocation Oct.31-Nov.9 in St. Louis, MO hosted by COGIC Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake who oversees the 6.5million denomination.

Global Mark Makers, the Iowa-based publishers of the book said the book dissects President Obama across a myriad of issues including job creation, education, small business development, healthcare, energy, civil rights, gay rights, immigration, poverty, disaster relief, family stability and other issues germane to the Christian faith that Obama professes.

In the thematic book, Christians from different communities are interviewed in the book about their assessment of the Obama administration against the backdrop of hot button issues facing the nation.

For example, Hyepin Im, CEO of the Korean Churches for Community Development (KCCD), Rogelio Orta of the Latino Christian Business Network, Howard Gentry, former vice mayor of Nashville and an anti-poverty crusader are among those speaking out in the book.

Global Mark Makers said it commissioned Thompson, the author of the Obama series "Obama and Black Loyalty Vol. 1," to write the book after a poll last year showed one in five Americans erroneously believe President Obama is a Muslim. Thompson has conducted a series of exclusive interviews with Obama.

"The Bible teaches us that Obama is a Christian if he believed with his heart and confessed with his mouth that Jesus is Lord. So, it’s up to Obama and God to decide on that, not Rev. Franklin Graham, Focus on the Family or Congresswoman Bachman. But whether he has been leading this nation according to Christian values and principles is up to Christians, especially voters, and indeed citizens of the world to judge. That’s what the book is all about,” Global Mark Makers said in a release.

In the book’s foreword, Bishop Brooks, a man who has prayed for presidents and world leaders and served as guest chaplain of the 102nd Congress, said he is honored to introduce the work of Thompson who "demonstrates an educated understanding of religion and politics."

“Rather than merely review polemic speech, the book focuses on understanding how President Obama’s responses to the varying social and economic needs fit within the Christian perspective,” Brooks wrote. “The test of true Christian loyalty lies not in whether one attends services, or speaks with all the nuances of the Christian dialect, it is in one’s devotion to God and humanity that ‘Christianess’ is proved. For this reason, I am so thankful for the scope of this book.”

The author Bankole Thompson is a radio and television analyst and sought after keynote speaker. He keynoted the Jewish Council for Public Affairs national conference last month, was a featured speaker at the 2011 conference of federal judges for the Eastern District of Michigan as well as the 2010 Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Conference.

For more information about the book visit www.globalmarkmakers.com