The Kenya Sunday Nation has a story about Barack Obama’s Kenyan grandmother:
Attempts to convert US President Barack Obama’s grand mother to Christianity flopped on Saturday at the 11th hour after family members opposed the move.
Although Mama Sarah Obama had dressed up for the day, her son, Saidi Obama, and other family members were adamant that she would not attend a baptism ceremony organised by the Seventh Day Adventist Church (SDA).
…”I did not understand why they were asking her to attend a Christian ceremony, yet she is a Muslim. I thought her presence in the church would not add any value,” Mr Saidi said.
…On Saturday, SDA Pastor Tom Obuya arrived at Mama Sarah’s Nyang’oma Kogello home to take her to the Jomo Kenyatta Sports ground where the ceremony was to take place. However, he found she had changed her mind on instructions from Mr Saidi.
For WorldNetDaily, this is obviously a good excuse for another piece hinting that Barack Obama is really a Kenyan Muslim:
When Pastor Tom Obuya arrived at Mama Sarah’s Nyang’oma Kogello home, he was told she would not be accomplanying him to the Christian service.
“Mama Sarah had assured us that she was converting, and we were ready to baptize her today, but it seems the family has prevailed upon her,” said Pastor Obuya.
A February report in an Adventist magazine called Record adds some further details:
According to Dr John Jeremic, director of Amazing Discoveries, “If Mrs Obama’s plans and prayers are realised, she will be baptised during an Amazing Discoveries Crusade planned for the west Kenyan re-gion in March.”
Dr Jeremic, along with Central Nyansa Field secretary Pastor Tom Obuya, visited Mrs Obama in November, 2008. “We had a warm welcome, finding Mrs Obama andher grandson, Raphael, in the house,” saysPastor Obuya. “Despite the fact that we’d made no appointment, Jesus made every-thing possible for us.”
Dr Jeremic says, “Mrs Obama was a delightful and gracious lady. She lives in a neat home, with many photos of her fam-ily around her.”
Jeremic is apparently a Melbourne businessman with a long-standing interest in African evangelism. He is the subject of a biography, Africa: They Were There, by Lee Dunstan.
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[…] Obama’s Muslim Grandmother almost converted. To the Seventh Day Adventists. […]
Conservative blogger Mark Finkelstein has now suggested that Obama’s faith is Pandeism…. he relates “Yesterday’s pan-deists, who worshiped trees and brooks, have become members of various environmental groups doing much the same thing. People like Al Gore others, and perhaps the reforesting Obama, have become their latter day shamans.” ~Mark Finkelstein, Happy Pan-Deism Day From Gail Collins at http://finkelblog.com/index.php/2009/04/11/happy-pan-deism-day-from-gail-collins/ posted April 11, 2009….
Yeah, sure, real Christians should multiply without restraint, eat lots of meat, chop every tree and exploit the planet to the end. After all it’s a sinful planet and God told Finkelstein so!
I appreciate your post here, particularly digging up that Record quote.
You might be interested in the reporting here.
http://barthsnotes.com/2009/04/19/obamas-grandmother-cancels-seventh-day-adventist-baptism/