Friend of Sarah's names her childhood pastors...

[Joanne98]

Since Sarah Palin was selected by John McCain as his Vice Presidential running mate, I have been hearing from all over the world. The most common question is, “Do you know Sarah?” My response? “Sort of.”

Sarah has deep Assembly of God faith roots. Her Assemblies of God pastor in her youth, Pastor Paul Riley, is an awesome man of faith. Ted Boatsman was her youth pastor and Sunday School teacher. If I recall correctly, Tim and Wanda McGraw were her pastors at Wasilla Assembly of God. I understand that Sarah attended Juneau Christian Center at times when she was in Juneau.

So, do I know Sarah? I am guessing now that she is a person of fame, many folks are running to lay claims to her friendship. I don’t want to follow that path.

My best guess is that if you asked Governor Palin if she knew me she would say, “Yes. I know Kent. We are not friends, but I know him and the work of Muldoon Community Assembly. He attended Northwest College with my sister. And many of my friends are his friends.”

http://blog.mcaonline.org/?p=1150

What kind of sermons do they give I wonder?

[Bucky]

1. Whenever Republicans play this card, DU is full of posts about the "no religious test" clause

Just comparing.

[bcoylepa]

2. very troubling stuff

"There are quite a number of extremely troubling links between Sarah Palin and neopentecostal dominionists--enough that, in truth, she may be ultimately as much of a "dream candidate" for the dominionist movement as Mike Huckabee was. Even worse, she's running in a manner that has been frighteningly successful for dominionist groups since the early 80's--specifically, as a "stealth candidate"."

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/29/163234/559/495/579213

[thunder rising]

3. WTF? “Yes. I know Kent. We are not friends" Who's Kent? Maybe I don't like him either.

“Yes. I know Kent. We are not friends, but I know him and the work of Muldoon Community Assembly. He attended Northwest College with my sister. And many of my friends are his friends.”

[donco6]

4. Assemblies of God believe you can be "filled with the Spirit" . . .

. . . manifested by speaking in tongues - an "angelic" language, only translateable by those who have the gift of interpretation. A typical service will have people speaking in this jibber-jabber, with others interpreting, others being "slain in the Spirit" (i.e., falling over in a stupor), faith-healing, prophecy and all other manner of bizarre behaviors.

Most televangelists are A/G.