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'''James David Manning''' (born February 20, 1947) is chief [[pastor]] at the ATLAH World Missionary Church on 123rd Street in [[New York City]]. 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 Manning's name for [[Harlem]].<ref name=nyt/> |
'''James David Manning''' (born February 20, 1947) is chief [[pastor]] at the ATLAH World Missionary Church on 123rd Street in [[New York City]]. 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 Manning's name for [[Harlem]].<ref name=nyt/> |
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James David Manning (born February 20, 1947) is chief pastor at the ATLAH World Missionary Church on 123rd Street in New York City. 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 Manning's name for Harlem.[1]
Manning graduated from The College of New Rochelle with a Bachelor of Arts degree and continued on to Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York where he was awarded a Master of Divinity. Manning also holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree from his own ATLAH Theological Seminary, an unaccredited educational institution.[2]
Manning is fiercely opposed to the gentrification of Harlem[3] and calls for its residents to boycott its shops, restaurants, doctors, banks and churches.[4] 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.[1][5] 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 Manning. The whole of Harlem, he said, is to be a "drought zone."[4]
As a younger man, 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.[1]
According to Manning, he attended the Oxford Round Table in 2004.[6]
His congregation, "ATLAH Worldwide Missionary Church" is the former Bethelite Missionary Baptist Church. The church is also the site of the ATLAH Theological Seminary, which offers classes on preaching and prophecy.[7]
2008 Election
Manning came to public attention in the 2008 presidential election after ATLAH posted several sermons of his that were harshly critical of Democratic candidate Barack Obama on the website YouTube.[8][9] Among other accusations, he called Obama a "good House Negro" in one sermon[10] while in another he referred to Obama as "trash" due to his mixed race heritage and accused him of being a "pimp" (pimping "white women and black women") and "long-legged mack daddy," and an "emissary of the devil", citing the viral video "I Got a Crush... on Obama".[11] He stated that Obama "has the cadence of an Islamic person,"[12] and he called Obama's mother "trash" for becoming pregnant by a black man out of wedlock.[13] Manning revisited this latter issue during a press conference at the National Press Club on 8 December 2008: "Generally the most noble of white society choose not to intercourse sexually with African men. So it's usually the trashier ones who make their determinations that they're going to have sex."[14]
Manning defended his sermons in an interview on Fox News, saying that "we also have to talk about his character."[15]
He compared TV personality Oprah Winfrey, who supported Obama's campaign, to the Whore of Babylon,[9] the "Queen of the Universe", and the Antichrist.[16]
The sermons drew the attention of the Americans United for Separation of Church and State, who filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service objecting to alleged violations of laws granting tax-free status to churches on condition that they refrain from certain forms of political activity.[17]
References
- ^ a b c Timothy Williams, "Minister Sees Salvation of Harlem in Boycott", New York Times, 31 March 2008, accessed 2008-05-23
- ^ ATLAH Worldwide Ministries: About Pastor James David Manning
- ^ "Harlem development pits African drummers against new condo owners", International Herald Tribune, 11 August 2007, accessed 2008-05-23
- ^ a b Mara Altman, "Do the Dew", Village Voice, 3 April 2007, accessed 2008-05-23
- ^ "West Harlem Pastor Urges Participation in Rent Strike", Columbia Spectator, 17 January 2008, accessed 2008-05-23
- ^ About Pastor Manning: The Oxford Letter
- ^ Seminary page
- ^ ATLAH Worldwide's Channel, YouTube, accessed 2008-06-04
- ^ a b John L. Jackson Jr., "Are we entitled to all our 'opinions'?", Chronicle Review, 14 November 2008
- ^ Obama is a Good House Negro, YouTube, 19 January 2008, accessed 2008-06-04
- ^ Obama's Bra 54 Double "D", YouTube, 19 Febrauary 2008, accessed 2008-06-04
- ^ "Some black men are Obama girls", Youtube, 28 January 2008
- ^ "Manning's fierce prayer for Bristol Palin", Youtube, 2 September 2008
- ^ David Weigel, "Case Not Closed: After losing at the Supreme Court, Obama conspiracy theorists meet the press", Slate, 9 December 2008
- ^ "Pastor Defends Hate-Filled Obama Sermons", Fox News, 28 March 2008
- ^ "The AntiChrist Has Come", Youtube, 20 October 2008
- ^ Paul Vitello, "Pastors’ Web Electioneering Attracts U.S. Reviews of Tax Exemptions", New York Times, 2 September 2008, retrieved 2008-09-20