On March 11, 2013 the oldest Anglo-Israel church in North America celebrates its eightieth birthday. We are one of the few ministries with a vibrant weekly worshipping congregation in our own church building, and it has been my privilege to serve the local flock as pastor for over 35 years. We are fast closing in on a century of proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom and we recognize that an entirely new set of challenges are confronting us today and in the future.

Change is all around us. We were organized as a church body in 1933 during the height of the Great Depression, when Detroit was overwhelmingly Caucasian and Christian and the values of patriotism and nationalism were a part of the bedrock values then found throughout our nation. Today, with any form of white ethnic pride angrily denounced as racism and hate, and national pride derided as an objectionable form of arrogance, members are often shy about expressing our beliefs to others. Yes, the times are tough. Yet every era presents its own opportunities.

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One detail that is not mentioned, in DC, there can never be a building of greater height than the Washington Monument. With all the uproar about removing the Ten Commandments, etc.... This is worth a moment or two of your time. I was not aware of this historical information.

On the aluminum cap, atop the Washington Monument in Washington DC, are displayed two words: Laus Deo. No one can see these words. In fact, most visitors to the monument are totally unaware they are even there and for that matter, probably couldn't care less.

Once you know Laus Deo's history, you will want to share this with everyone you know. But these words have been there for many years; they are 555 feet, 5.125 inches high, perched atop the monument, facing skyward to the Father of our nation, overlooking the 69 square miles which comprise the District of Columbia, capital of the United States of America.

Laus Deo! Two seemingly insignificant, unnoticed words. Out of sight and, one might think, out of mind, but very meaningfully placed at the highest point over what is the most powerful city in the most successful nation in the world.

So, what do those two words, in Latin, composed of just four syllables and only seven letters, possibly mean? Very simply, they say "Praise be to God!"

Though construction of this giant obelisk began in 1848, when James Polk was President of the United States, it was not until 1888 that the monument was inaugurated and opened to the public. It took twenty-five years to finally cap the memorial with a tribute to the Father of our nation, Laus Deo "Praise be to God!"

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