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Fish in a Barrel
BUENA PARK – The pastor of First Southern Baptist Church fired off an email to supporters this week saying they should pray against two adversaries by reciting a lengthy Bible passage that includes the phrase, “Let his days be few; and let another take his office.’’The adversaries are members of a watchdog group that had sent accusations to the IRS that Pastor Wiley Drake was illegally using church funds to endorse a potential presidential candidate.
Washington, D.C.-based Americans United for Separation of Church and State accused Drake of illegal electioneering for using church letterhead to write an endorsement for Republican Mike Huckabee.
“In light of the recent attack from the enemies of God I ask the children of God to go into action with Imprecatory Prayer,” Drake said in his Tuesday statement. His supporters should recite Psalms 109:1-31 that also includes, “let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.”
On Thursday Drake, 63, said in an interview that he was not, in fact, personally asking for the death of the Americans United members, rather that the Lord fulfill His will by condemning those who are against the Christian word.
“It doesn’t matter what I want – it matters what God wants,” Drake said of his call for prayer against the group. “It’s time Americans United was put in their place. We’re asking God to do that.”
