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Obama Taps Baptist Lawyer To Lead Faith-Based Office

HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 03.13.2013 | Religion
Read More: Religious Freedom, Obama Religious Outreach, Religion and Politics, Obama Contraception, Melissa Rogers, Joshua Dubois, White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, President Barack Obama, Religion News

The White House on Wednesday appointed Melissa Rogers, a Baptist lawyer whose career has specialized in religion's role in public life and in the gove...

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Obama's Spiritual Cabinet Shapes Policy, Tends His Soul

religionnews.com | Daniel Burke | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Hawaii, Deni McDonough, Obama, Pastors, Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright, David Saperstein, Religion, Rashad Hussain, Joshua Dubois, Melissa-Rogers, Jim Wallis, Joel Hunter, Sharon Watkins, Religion News

For 10 minutes, the president and pastors prayed for peace, an economic recovery, protection for U.S. soldiers, and to be guided by wisdom and power beyond himself.

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New Faith-Based Initiatives Report: 'Serving People in Need, Safeguarding Religious Freedom'

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Religion, Government, Bush Administration, Melissa Rogers, Presidential Campaign, Faith-Based Initiatives, E.J. Dionne, Churches, Poor, Poverty, John DiIulio, Barack Obama, David Kuo, Religious Freedom, Church and State, Politics News
Jim Wallis

I have long supported effective partnerships between government and faith-based organizations. Unfortunately, during the Bush years these partnerships were often used for political ends.

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