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Eric Adams goes to African American churches to increase backing
The New York City mayor, Eric Adams, compared himself to a biblical figure who endured suffering, telling parishioners that he was having a “Job moment.”.
Updated 2024-Oct-03 17:00
Mayor Eric Adams speaks at a lectern with a cross against a purple background behind him.
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Following the church service on Sunday attendees at Changing Lives Christian Center backed the mayor s reelection bid in 2025.Elizabeth Armstrong a 62 year old nurse shared In the world of politics you can expect to face challenges in the public eye.
Armstrong stated that while it might not specifically be him it could be the individuals surrounding him that contribute to making his job more challenging.
She mentioned her plan to support Mr. Adams in the upcoming election. Adams stated that after experiencing a challenging moment at work as long as your faith remains strong you will receive blessings multiplied by ten.
Only God can transform someone from dyslexic arrested rejected to now being elected as the mayor of the most powerful city in the world.
After perhaps the most challenging week of his political career Mayor Eric Adams visited two Black churches in Brooklyn on Sunday and compared himself to Job a righteous biblical figure who endured immense suffering but whose blessings were ultimately restored.
The mayor never directly addressed the several federal investigations swirling around his administration.
Last week authorities took the phones of his first deputy mayor his schools chancellor his deputy mayor for public safety his police commissioner and his senior adviser.
Yet he used his appearances at the Black churches a friendly environment that the mayor has often used for political messaging to liken the investigations to the burdens placed on Job.
Job lost it all and even his wife questioned him. Where’s your faith? Where’s God now?’ His friends rebuked him Mr.Adams said from the pulpit at Power and Authority Evangelical Ministry in East New York. And I wish I could tell you that I had one moment in my life that was a Job moment.
But I did not have one. I had many the mayor said. The visits to Changing Lives Christian Center and to Power and Authority Evangelical Ministry just a few blocks apart in an election district where in the 2021 Democratic primary Mr.Adams won more than 76 percent of first round votes seemed designed to shore up support among his base.
In media appearances on Friday he insisted he was unbothered by the avalanche of law enforcement activity last week which appeared to stem from two distinct investigations out of the Southern District of New York.
Those federal prosecutors are also investigating Mr. Adams and his election committee’s fund raising.
As part of yet another federal investigation out of the Eastern District of New York the authorities in February searched two houses belonging to the mayor’s director of Asian affairs.
Following his statement four church pastors surrounded Mr. Adams placed their hands on his shoulders and prayed for him.
Father as a public servant we understand that the forces of evil may try to oppose you stated Paul B.Mitchell the senior lead pastor. David Paterson also suggested that Mr. Adams was being targeted on Friday mentioning on WABC radio that he might be under federal investigation for being the first elected official to object to the placement of migrants in the city.
He did not provide any proof to support that claim. Christina Greer a political science professor at Fordham University suggested that Mayor Adams political supporters may doubt the investigation due to his criticism of President Biden and the federal government for not providing adequate assistance to handle over 200 000 migrants in the city.
