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On a Mission From God: Local Churches Vie for Obamas With D.C. school picked, first family turns attention to church

By  JIM IOVINO

Updated 7:18 AM EDT, Sun, Nov 23, 2008

Related Topics: Barack Obama

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Beyond the reach of summons server, God dodged charges of causing "death, destruction and terrorization."
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Local churches hope the Obamas religious spirit points them in their direction.

 

If you thought the battle to be the Obama family's school of choice was tough, you ain't seen nothin' yet.

Local churches are now vying to be the official religious center of the first family.

The Obamas are Christians, and there are many D.C. establishments who would like to welcome them in.  The options reported by the Washington Post:  Methodist, Baptist, United Church of Christ, Presbyterian and Episcopal.

Some churches even started wooing the Obamas before he won the election, the paper reported.

How's this for a pitch, as offered by Calvary Baptist in northwest Washington to the Post?

"We're diverse and multigenerational, we're 10 blocks from the White House, the pastor (Amy Butler) is from Hawaii and attended Obama's rival high school, and "the sermons rock!"

Would that win you over?  Perhaps.  But the better question is whether it wins over the religious spirit of the Obamas.

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  • HERMAN Glick Monday, Nov 24 at 5:42 AM FLAG COMMENT It's a FREE country...Mr. Obama can go to the Church he wants. It doesn't state anyplace in the Constitution that he has to go to YOUR Church.
  • Holier than thou Sunday, Nov 23 at 1:56 PM FLAG COMMENT Anonymous, you must be so amazing to have such unmediated access to God's thoughts! I envy you. Please tell God that I said, "Hey." Also, could you ask him how he feels about his words being twisted by autocrats and other people who twisted around his words in the Bible? People seem to forget that the book has gone through umpteen translations, some by people who wouldn't know Hebrew from a hole in the ground.
  • Holier than thou Sunday, Nov 23 at 1:56 PM FLAG COMMENT Anonymous, you must be so amazing to have such unmediated access to God's thoughts! I envy you. Please tell God that I said, "Hey." Also, could you ask him how he feels about his words being twisted by autocrats and other people who twisted around his words in the Bible? People seem to forget that the book has gone through umpteen translations, some by people who wouldn't know Hebrew from a hole in the ground.
  • Anonymous Sunday, Nov 23 at 1:26 PM FLAG COMMENT To my knowledge, God doesn't vie for someone who is pro-choice and doesn't give His children a chance at life.
  • katgirl Sunday, Nov 23 at 12:55 PM FLAG COMMENT Solomon, all denomination are guilty in this area. please visit snapnetwork.org for more info and support, if that is what you are silently crying for

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