Pastor of Barack Obama's Church Preaches a Controversial Gospel

(Fox News) - Barack Obama's appeal to church members in South Carolina Sunday to help him become an "instrument of God" and create "a kingdom right here on earth" is leading to renewed examination of his controversial pastor.

Obama is a member of the Reverend Jeremiah Wright's Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. Wright's sermons often address themes of white supremacy and black repression.

Among Wright's statements — that there are more black men in prison than in college — a claim that government figures indicate is false. Wright also says — Racism is how this country was founded and how this country is still run." And he has said — "We are deeply involved in the importing of drugs, the exporting of guns and the training of professional killers. We believe in white supremacy and black inferiority... We care nothing about human life if the ends justify the means."

Obama has said he does not agree with Wright on every issue, religious or political.