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'''James David Manning''' (born 1947) is chief pastor at the ATLAH World Missionary Church on 123rd Street in [[New York City]]. Pastor Manning grew up in [[Red Springs, North Carolina]], and has been at ATLAH since 1981. ATLAH stands for All the Land Anointed Holy, which is Pastor Manning's name for [[Harlem]].<ref name=nyt/> |
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Pastor Manning has graduated from [[The College of New Rochelle]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree, continued on to [[Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York]] where he was awarded a [[Master of Divinity]] and finally received a [[Phd|Doctor of Philosophy]] degree from The Atlah Theological Seminary.<ref name=atlah>[http://atlah.org/about/pastormanning.html Atlah Worldwide Ministries: About Pastor James David Manning]</ref> |
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Pastor Manning is married to Elizabeth Sarah Manning who also works as part of the Atlah ministry. They are [[parents]] and [[grandparents]].<ref name=atlah/> |
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Pastor Manning is fiercely opposed to the [[gentrification]] of Harlem<ref name=iht>[http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/11/america/NA-FEA-GEN-US-Harlem-Drummers.php "Harlem development pits African drummers against new condo owners"], ''International Herald Tribune'', 11 August 2007, accessed [[2008-05-23]]</ref> and calls for its residents to [[boycott]] its shops, restaurants, doctors, banks and churches.<ref name=vv/> That action, combined with a general [[rent strike]], would force all property owners out of [[Harlem]], he said, leaving the neighborhood to its rightful inheritors: [[black people]].<ref name=nyt>Timothy Williams, [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/31/nyregion/31pastor.html "Minister Sees Salvation of Harlem in Boycott"], ''New York Times'', 31 March 2008, accessed [[2008-05-23]]</ref><ref name=spectator>[http://news.google.co.uk/archivesearch/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=10-0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.columbiaspectator.com%2F%3Fq%3Dnode%2F28617&ei=SRY3SImnJ63E6gHz4NUp&usg=AFQjCNEUI7JPVvqDw1lSbg8N0EWX5vbTwA "West Harlem Pastor Urges Participation in Rent Strike"], ''Columbia Spectator'', 17 January 2008, accessed [[2008-05-23]]</ref> |
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Pastor Manning calls his plan "No Dew, Nor Rain," after Elijah's warning to Ahab, king of [[Israel]], of a coming drought. "When there's no dew, no rain, there's a drought - there's all kinds of suffering," said Dr. Manning. The whole of Harlem, he said, is to be a "drought zone."<ref name=vv>Mara Altman, [http://www.villagevoice.com/nyclife/0715,altman,76327,15.html "Do the Dew"], ''Village Voice'', 3 April 2007, accessed [[2008-05-23]]</ref> |
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As a younger man, Pastor Manning burglarized homes, mostly on [[Long Island]]. He spent about three and a half years in prison in [[New York]] and [[Florida]] for [[burglary]], [[robbery]], [[larceny]], criminal possession of a weapon, and other charges before his release in 1978. While in prison, he became a devout [[Christian]].<ref name=nyt/> |
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Pastor Manning attended the [[Oxford Round Table]] in 2004.<ref>[http://atlah.org/about/oxfordroundtable.html About Pastor Manning: The Oxford Letter]</ref> |
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==2008 Election== |
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Pastor Manning achieved some controversy in the [[United States presidential election, 2008|2008 presidential election]] after ATLAH posted several sermons of his that were harshly critical of [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] candidate [[Barack Obama]] on the website [[YouTube]]<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/user/ATLAHWorldwide ATLAH Worldwide's Channel], YouTube, accessed [[2008-06-04]]</ref>. Most notably, he called Obama a "good [[Uncle_tom#Other_terms_with_similar_meanings|house negro]]" in one sermon<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Op5or_vkcc Obama is a Good House Negro], YouTube, 19 January 2008, accessed [[2008-06-04]]</ref> while in another, he referred to Obama as "trash" due to his [[mixed race]] heritage accused him of being a "[[pimp]]," citing the popular [[viral video]] "[[I Got a Crush... on Obama]]" as evidence<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khuu-RhOBDU Obama's Bra 54 Double "D"], YouTube, 19 Febrauary 2008, accessed [[2008-06-04]]</ref>. It should be noted, however, that the music video was produced by [[BarelyPolitical.com|BarelyPolitical]], a private company that has no affiliation with the [[Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008|Obama campaign]]<ref>Gibson, John, [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,282694,00.html "'Crush' Video Good for Obama,"] Thursday, [[June 14]], [[2007]], [http://www.foxnews.com/bigstory/index.html The Big Story with John Gibson]</ref>. BarelyPolitical themselves clarified this fact in a subsequent video, stating, "[We] would like to make it clear: the Obama campaign had nothing to do with [[Obama Girl]]."<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LIlA_dLWcM Obama is a MACK DADDY! ], YouTube, 26 March 2008, accessed [[2008-06-04]]</ref>. |
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His congregation, "Atlah Worldwide Missionary Church" is the former Bethelite Missionary Baptist Church. |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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* [http://atlah.org/ Website of ATLAH World Missionary Church] |
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**http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If9KopxdA-I |
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[[Category:1947 births]] |
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[[Category:Living people]] |
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[[Category:American Baptist ministers]] |
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[[Category:American evangelists]] |
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