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REV. JEREMIAH WRIGHT CANCELS HOUSTON SERMONS: Security concerns cause preacher to miss appearance for first time in 20 years.
*The Rev. Jeremiah Wright was forced to cancel his annual appearance at Houston's Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church for the first time in two decades due to concerns for his safety.
Wright, who until February was minister of Sen. Barack Obama's church, Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ, was scheduled to preach three guest sermons in Houston on Sunday. Clips from his past sermons, dubbed racist and anti-American by critics and members of the media, have plagued Obama's presidential campaign.
Wheeler's pastor, the Rev. Marcus Cosby, said Wright cited three reasons for his cancellation — "the safety of the institution to which he has been invited; ... the safety of his family, which has been placed in harm's way; and for his own safety," reports the San Francisco Chronicle.
The church arranged for beefed up security to accompany Wright's visit, he said, including contacting the Houston Police Department and coordinating a security detail in conjunction with Wright's Chicago church.
The Rev. Myron Cloyd of the Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ in Houston has known Wright for more than 20 years.
"As much as I hate for him not to come I think it's probably prudent," said Cloyd, noting that Wright does not normally travel with bodyguards or assistants. "There have been threats against his life and the last thing he would ever want is the potential for someone to be hurt."
A confidant of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Lawson started the tradition of bringing Wright to Wheeler to reinvigorate the congregation during winter revivals with topical sermons that espoused black liberation theology.
"Part of what we do traditionally as African-American preachers is combine current affairs with religious affairs," Cosby said. "We put the Bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other."
Meanwhile, Wright is scheduled on Saturday to attend a luncheon at Paul Quinn College in southeast Oak Cliff, where he's to be honored that night at Friendship-West Baptist Church in the Red Bird area. Both events were moved from Texas Christian University because of security concerns by TCU officials, the News reported.
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