Obama Church

Where The Obamas Have Worshiped In D.C. (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.17.2012

WASHINGTON -- While St. John's Church is known as the Church of Presidents, it isn't necessarily the "home" church for the nation's chief executives, ...

Obamas Walk To Church Across From White House

AP | By STACY A. ANDERSON | Posted 12.12.2011

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama and his family attended a worship service Sunday morning at an Episcopal church just across the street from the W...

Trymaine Lee

Sunday's Presidential Finest: You Think You Take A Long Time To Get Ready?

HuffingtonPost.com | Trymaine Lee | Posted 12.15.2011

The Secret Service agents arrived at Shiloh Baptist Church on a reconnaissance mission just a few days before Easter Sunday. They swept through the sa...

PHOTOS: How The First Family Spent Sunday

The Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 09.17.2011

The first family split its Sunday between a church service and soccer-watching. From the Associated Press: Accompanied by his wife Michelle and ...

Obama’s Pastor Delivers Fired-Up Sermon In Colo.

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 08.13.2011

Reverend Jeremiah Wright Jr., pastor emeritus of Chicago’s Trinity United Church of Christ whose controversial rhetoric and relationship to then-can...

PHOTOS: First Family's Easter Ensembles

The Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 06.25.2011

The Obamas headed to Shiloh Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. on Sunday for an Easter service. First Lady Michelle repeated a Thakoon print dress ...

Obama Aims To Reassert Christian Bona Fides With Words & Deeds

Politics Daily | David Gibson | Posted 05.25.2011

Barack Obama went to church on the Sunday after Christmas in his native Hawaii, worshiping at a multidenominational service at a chapel at Marine Corp...

Under God: Obama Attends Church: The Presidential Profession Of Faith

Elizabeth Tenety | Posted 05.25.2011

Like millions of Americans, President Obama and his family attended church this weekend. Unlike the millions who worshiped this Sunday, the first fami...

Michelle Obama, Healthy Eating, and Our Church's Homeless Kitchen

Carol Howard Merritt | Posted 05.25.2011

Carol Howard Merritt

My Christian faith beckons me to look at my neighbors, to love them even as I love myself. That's what First Lady Michelle Obama left us--she took the time to see her neighbors.

Obama's Attend Church At Episcopal St. Johns, Across From The White House

AP | ANN SANNER | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and his family attended Sunday services at St. John's Church, an Episcopal church on Lafayette Square just a...

First Family Walks To Church In Their Sunday Best (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

The first family set out for St. John's Church on Sunday morning, walking two blocks from the White House to attend prayer services. The first lady wo...

Evergreen Chapel: Obama Chooses Church At Camp David, Same As Bush

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Time Magazine reported Monday that President Obama, after months of visiting different places of worship, had chosen the church at Camp David: For th...

Weekly Churchgoers Are Down With Obama

CBN | Posted 05.25.2011

New information from the latest Gallup Poll shows a majority of weekly Church attendees are happy with the job he's doing. Read below from Gallup:...

Washington Churches Eye The Obamas

New York Times | RACHEL L. SWARNS | Posted 05.25.2011

The invitations have come in neatly typed letters, whispered entreaties and please-join-us blogs. They have come from predominantly white churches and...

Should President Obama Go to Church?

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 05.25.2011

Jacob Heilbrunn

President Obama's aides are roaming across Washington, DC on one of their most politically fraught missions.

Obama To Attend D.C. Church For Easter

Politico | NIA-MALIKA HENDERSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Come Easter Sunday, President Barack Obama will attend a local church for the first time since taking office, but aides say that won't necessarily be ...

President Obama Straddles the Wall of Separation

Bruce Ledewitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Bruce Ledewitz

The nomination of Judge David F. Hamilton would be important if it tells us something about President Obama's preferred position on the separation of church and state.

White House Commissions Prayers For Obama Public Events

US News & World Report | Posted 05.25.2011

When Barack Obama's presidential campaign contacted Ryan Culp last year to ask him to deliver a prayer at an Obama rally in Culp's native Elkhart, Ind...

Obama Opens First Full Day As President With Prayer Service

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 11.17.2011

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Wednesday participated in a traditional, post-inaugural national prayer service and listened intently to ...

Obamas Begin Their Big Day With Church

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON and LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 11.17.2011

WASHINGTON — As he became a precedent-shattering president Tuesday, Barack Obama wrapped himself in deep traditions and familiar comforts. Goin...

D.C. Churches Compete To Attract The Obamas

Washington Post | Jacqueline L. Salmon and Michelle Boorstein | Posted 05.25.2011

There have been letters, discreet inquiries and bold appeals. Some are using their connections; others are just seeking a foot in the door. It's part...

Sam Stein

Reverend Wright's Church Bulletins: On Philanthropy, Race, And Life In The Spotlight

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

On Tuesday, Sen. Barack Obama distanced himself from his controversial former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, saying in part that he no longer recognize...

Virginia Masses Turn Out For Obama; Concerned With Campaign Strategy

Emily Pease | Posted 05.25.2011

Emily Pease

It doesn't bother her that the campaign might turn ugly. "This is the Armageddon of politics," she said. "It's going to be war. I want to tell Barack, 'Don't fear it, accept it.'"

Democrats Were Never Anti-Religious

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.25.2011

Leonce Gaiter

The right wing evangelical agenda was never a quest for freedom; it was a quest to deny it to others. This year might see significant political, and yes, spiritual growth among the evangelical voting population

Obama's "Cultural Issues" At Play in Chicago

Christine Escobar | Posted 05.25.2011

Christine Escobar

Supporters of Fr. Pflegler believe street-level advocates bring about the change Obama speaks so eloquently about. To turn away from that in the face of shoddy criticism seems to second guess their work.