Christian churches mirror country's political 分割
NEW YORK (AP) - The messages in Christian houses of worship on the first 週末 since the 選挙 were as divided as the country's 選挙民, with 宗教的な leaders mostly calling for peace and 統一 even as some bemoaned the result and others celebrated.
Hours after the news broke Saturday of 民主党員 Joe Biden's victory, St. Joseph on the Brandywine 助祭 Michael Stankewicz led a 祈り during afternoon 集まり at the 大統領，／社長-elect's home church in Wilmington, Delaware, in which he asked "that our newly elected 公式の／役人s lead with 知恵 and 正直さ to bring about まとまり, peace and 仲直り in our country and around the world."
In Oklahoma, which 投票（する）d for 大統領 Donald Trump by a 2-to-1 利ざや, civil 権利s 行動主義者 and 大臣 過密な住居 G. Blakney Sr. started the Sunday morning service at North Peoria Church of Christ by 公式文書，認めるing the （死傷者）数 the ウイルス is taking on his hometown of Tulsa and 嘆く／悼むing the death of a church member the day before.
He 申し込む／申し出d an exultant message of political change to parishioners, 説 the 選挙 供給するs the catalyst "to begin to celebrate a new 時代."
"Aren´t you glad that 74 million hearts don´t want that stuff no more? I 投票（する）d for change. I know that in January better days are coming," Blakney said, shouting to make himself heard over the car horns 存在 honked in 協定 by worshippers …に出席するing the parking lot service.
Other 約束 leaders sounded a 公式文書，認める of 関心.
大統領-elect Joe Biden leaves after 集まり at St. Joseph on the Brandywine カトリック教徒 Church, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
牧師 Matt Hagee of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio lamented a troubled world, and said "the cure," which was the main 主題 for his Sunday sermon, was Jesus Christ.
Without explicitly 指名するing the 大統領，／社長- and 副／悪徳行為 大統領，／社長-elect, he 非難するd public 公式の／役人s, abortion and what he called 検閲 of "the word of God." Last year, Biden 転換d his 姿勢 on abortion to 支援する an end to 制限s on 政府 基金ing for the 手続き.
"Something´s wrong when it doesn´t take a lot of 成果／努力 to fill the streets with 抗議する人s, but you have to beg and 嘆願d to fill a church with 祈り 軍人s. Something´s wrong when the word of God is censored as hate speech and public 公式の／役人s can blatantly 嘘（をつく） and be called servants. Something´s wrong when we can 殺人 unborn children and call it health care," Hagee said in the livestreamed service.
His father, 目だつ megachurch 牧師 and 保守的な 行動主義者 John Hagee, returned to Cornerstone on Sunday after 存在 診断するd with COVID-19 last month. The 80-year-old 牧師 has been a 信頼できる 支持者 of 大統領 Donald Trump.
During a 簡潔な／要約する 外見 on 行う／開催する／段階, he told worshippers to dream big and "拡大する the テント," and 特記する／引用するd political 推論する／理由s in extolling the church's 教育の work.
"We built a world-class school for our young people who are going to become the leaders of tomorrow, who are not 感染させるd with the 社会主義者 ideas tha t children are 審理，公聴会 now in public schools," he said.
The 年上の Hagee later lamented the "哀れな year" and challenged congregants to "forget it" and move on.
"Go home today, take a にわか雨 and shake it out of your hair," he said. "Turn off the 偽の news, and start 推定する／予想するing God to do a good thing."
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Henao 報告（する）／憶測d from Jersey City, NJ. 全世界の 宗教 editor Sally Stapleton 与える／捧げるd from New York.
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大統領-elect Joe Biden leaves after 集まり at St. Joseph on the Brandywine カトリック教徒 Church, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
