Obama Church

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

Huffington Post | Posted 10.13.2009 | Style


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...

Obamas Attend Church At Episcopal St. Johns, Across From The White House

AP | ANN SANNER | Posted 10.11.2009 | Politics


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

Evergreen Chapel: Time Reports Obama Chose Church At Camp David, White House Denies

The Huffington Post | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics


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 05.31.2009 | Politics


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 05.12.2009 | Politics


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

Obama To Attend D.C. Church For Easter

Politico | NIA-MALIKA HENDERSON | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics


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 ...

Should President Obama Go to Church?

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics


Jacob Heilbrunn

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

President Obama Straddles the Wall of Separation

Bruce Ledewitz | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics


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 03.27.2009 | Politics


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 02.21.2009 | Living


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 02.20.2009 | Living


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 12.23.2008 | Politics


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...

Virginia Masses Turn Out For Obama; Concerned With Campaign Strategy

Emily Pease | Posted 09.25.2008 | Home


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 06.25.2008 | Home


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 06.12.2008 | Home


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.

If Wright Were White

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.08.2008 | Home


Leonce Gaiter

In this election cycle, there was always going to be a Jeremiah Wright. In America, there are different standards. Black people are more quickly judged intemperate and arrogant and angry.

Sam Stein

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics


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

Sam Stein

Obama Was In Chicago The Morning Of Controversial Sermon

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


A bit of campaign controversy broke out Monday morning, after Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign and members of the media pointed to a serious ...

Obama's Church Accuses Media Of Character Assassination

Politico | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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The Chicago church attended by Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) issued a statement Sunday contending that coverage of his pastor's inflammatory statements a...

Thomas B. Edsall

Pastor's Remarks Spark Debate About Obama Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The emergence of controversial video-taped sermons by Barack Obama's longtime Chicago pastor, Jeremiah Wright, has produced an explosion of commentary...

Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Raymond Leon Roker

People like Rev. Jeremiah Wright don't speak for all blacks. We are not in lock step, no matter how much we all might like rap music.

Jeremiah Wright, Obama's Pastor, Prompts Candidate To Address Comments

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The appearance of video by Jeremiah Wright, pastor to Barack Obama, has caused a recent frenzy as both Democratic candidate struggle with the issue of...

Obama Pastor's Sermons May Violate Tax Laws

Wall Street Journal | Suzanne Sataline | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


On Christmas morning, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. compared presidential candidate Barack Obama's impoverished childhood to Jesus Christ's. "Barack knows ...