Why Oprah left Trinity
May 5, 2008
Oprah Winfrey joined Trinity United Church of Christ when she moved to Chicago in the mid-1980s but stopped going -- in part because of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's fiery speeches, according to a published report.
Newsweek quoted an unnamed longtime friend of hers as saying: "Oprah is a businesswoman, first and foremost. She's always been aware that her audience is very mainstream, and doing anything to offend them just wouldn't be smart. She's been around black churches all her life, so Reverend Wright's anger-filled message didn't surprise her. But it just wasn't what she was looking for in a church."