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Michael Jenkins served as president of the Unification Church of the United States. He was appointed to the position by church founder Sun Myung Moon on April 16, 2000 after serving for the previous 2 years as the HSA Vice-President for evangelical outreach. Previously, Jenkins had pastored the Chicago Family Church of Peace in the Chicago, Illinois area for seventeen years.

In 2000 Jenkins invited Archbishop George Augustus Stallings, Jr., the founder of the Imani Temple African-American Catholic Congregation, to become active as a leader in the Unification Movement. As of May, 2008, Jenkins was still serving as president and, along with other high-ranking members of the Women's Federation for World Peace and other Unification Church affiliated organizations, met with U.S. President George W. Bush at the Bush Library at College Station, Texas. He is the chairman of the Unification Church-affiliated American Clergy Leadership Conference.

Jenkins has been quoted by the media as a spokesperson for the Unification Church, on occasions including a fish poaching case involving church members and a related lawsuit and the marriage of Roman Catholic archbishop Emmanuel Milingo in a Unification Church Blessing Ceremony.

References

1. Grove, Lloyd (2001-05-23). "The Reliable Source". The Washington Post. p. C.03. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2008-12-29. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) "... Rev. Michael Jenkins, Moon's top church official in North America" (registration required). Quoted as Reaping the Whirlwind on Mons. Milingo's and Archbishop Stallings' Wedding Announcements
2. ^ Alexander, Delroy (2006-11-05). "Rev. Moon and the Black Clergy; Taking Down the Cross (and Taking Trips) Part of an Unlikely Alliance With Local Pastors". Chicago Tribune. p. 1. ISSN 1085-6706. Retrieved 2008-12-29. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthor= ignored (|author= suggested) (help) (registration required)
3. "Unification News for June 2000". Retrieved 2009-08-07.
4. Walsh, Thomas G., Ed. (2002). The Hope of All Ages, A Unified World of Peace (PDF). IIFWP. p. 147. ISBN 1930549083. Retrieved 2009-08-07.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
5. Casey, Rick (2008-05-24). "Commentary: Did Bush sip Moon's 'holy wine'?". Houston Chronicle. p. 1. ISSN 1074-7109. Retrieved 2009-08-07. Bush's spokesmen neither confirm nor deny the story. One told John Gorenfeld, author of the recent book Bad Moon Rising, that he would not dignify the question by answering it. Another, Jim McGrath, didn't deny it to me, but he did point out an apparent error in Jenkins' account ... Finally Bush says, "Oh, this looks like Communion. OK, so you want me to drink this?" "Yes!" Jenkins shouts, throwing his head back and making a gulping sound. What he says next draws applause from the audience: "He drank it right down! Then he just goes, `Whoa! Whoa!' " Jenkins described Bush as taking two women by their hands and saying, "Oh man, that blessing is so nice. This is wonderful what you're doing." "I know," Jenkins said. "I saw it with my own eyes." {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); line feed character in |quote= at position 371 (help) (registration required)
6. ACLC home page
7. "... Rev. Michael Jenkins, the new chairman of the American Clergy Leadership Conference" Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
8. Cot, John (2007-02-13). "Moon Church Settles Poach Case: Members Sold Sharks Taken From Bay to Aquarium Dealers". San Francisco Chronicle. p. B.5. ISSN 1932-8672. Retrieved 2009-06-03. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
9. Edelman, Susan (2001-08-19). "The Love Healer: How Bishop Met His Wife". The New York Post. p. 9. Retrieved 2008-12-29. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) (registration required)

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