Political Quotes

“Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, a warm thank-you to the Reverend Miniard Culpepper. His words of faith and community are greatly appreciated here today. For a long time now, Reverend Culpepper has been praying over me. Last winter, before I was sworn into office, Reverend Culpepper held a special Sunday prayer service for me in his church, Pleasant Hill Baptist, in Dorchester. That December evening the pews were packed with local preachers and churchgoers representing a dozen or so churches in the area. At the conclusion of the service, the ministers circled around me, wrapped their arms together and prayed to God to give me the strength to work for the poor and powerless among us. I feel blessed to have received their prayers, and I have tried my best to keep them in my heart in my work here. But I am just one of many who appreciates the hard work Reverend Culpepper and Pleasant Hill Baptist have put into strengthening and protecting their community. You see, Reverend Culpepper and his congregation understand that their community extends well beyond the walls of their church. When Jahmol Norfleet, a former gang leader from Roxbury, left prison and showed a desire to turn his life around as a peacemaker between rival gangs, it was Reverend Culpepper who reached out to him. Pleasant Hill Baptist welcomed him into their family.…”