Elaine Flake, 72, was appointed the new lead pastor of the historic Greater Allen Cathedral on May 2, 2021. | Facebook/The Greater Allen Cathedral of New York
Elaine Flake might have become the woman pastor with the largest congregation in the United States after being appointed lead pastor of the more than 23,000-member Greater Allen Cathedral of New York at 72 on Sunday.
She is taking over the position formerly held by her husband, the Rev. Floyd Flake, 76, who also spent 11 years in Congress fighting to improve life for constituents in his church community in Jamaica, Queens.
The announcement was made during the 199th Session of the New York Annual Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church by Bishop Gregory G. M. Ingram, who told Elaine Flake that âitâs a lot of work on you with your family.â
Elaine Flake, 72, was appointed the new lead pastor of the historic Greater Allen Cathedral on May 2, 2021. | Facebook/The Greater Allen Cathedral of New York
Elaine Flake might have become the woman pastor with the largest congregation in the United States after being appointed lead pastor of the more than 23,000-member Greater Allen Cathedral of New York at 72 on Sunday.
She is taking over the position formerly held by her husband, the Rev. Floyd Flake, 76, who also spent 11 years in Congress fighting to improve life for constituents in his church community in Jamaica, Queens.
Greater Allen Cathedral of New York, founded in 1834, is also the largest congregation in the AME church by membership.
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Apr 14, 2021
KEN: Nikki Haley. She s regarded as the frontrunner of the 2024 GOP presidential contenders, okay? Now, I go back and forth. I was a huge Nikki Haley fan, but I do go back and forth a little bit because, you know, there s kind of an ebb and flow of her support and/or relationship with President Trump. But, anyway, earlier this week she answered a question: Would you put your name in the running if President Trump chose to run again? and she said, No, I would not run, reinforcing the notion that she believes it s still President Trump s party and her chances of running and winning are greatly diminished if Trump chooses to run. Here s what Rush had to say about Nikki.
Apr 14, 2021
KEN: Nikki Haley… She’s regarded as the frontrunner of the 2024 GOP presidential contenders, okay? Now, I go back and forth. I was a huge Nikki Haley fan, but I do go back and forth a little bit because, you know, there’s kind of an ebb and flow of her support and/or relationship with President Trump. But, anyway, earlier this week she answered a question:
“Would you put your name in the running if President Trump chose to run again?” and she said, “No, I would not run,” reinforcing the notion that she believes it’s still President Trump’s party and her chances of running and winning are greatly diminished if Trump chooses to run. Here’s what Rush had to say about Nikki.
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Raphael Warnock
Raphael Warnock has won one of Georgia’s two runoff elections for US Senate: Will he be both a pastor and a politician?
Yes, says, Michael Brewer, a spokesman for the minister’s campaign, “if elected he will remain senior pastor.”
Marla Frederick, professor of religion and culture at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology, told Religion News Service that an active pastor would not be unknown in the political life on Capitol Hill. “There are models for doing both/and,” she said.
“The pastorate is one of these careers, these callings, if you will, where you have to stay in such close contact with everyday people and their concerns,” said Frederick.