GALLUP: 44% Can’t Name Obama’s Religion

PRINCETON, NJ — Just 34% of Americans correctly say U.S. President Barack Obama is a Christian, while 44% say they don’t know Obama’s religion and 11% say he is a Muslim.

Obama is a Christian and has labeled himself as such as in his writings and interviews, and while living in Chicago he attended the Trinity United Church of Christ. Since moving into the White House, Obama has attended several [...]

Reverend Support For Gay Marriage May Cost Him Church; Two-Thirds Of Congregation Leaves

ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – The reverend of a St. Paul church says he needs to raise $200,000 to pay off a church loan after most of his followers left because of his support for gay marriage.

The Rev. Oliver White runs Grace Community United Church of Christ in St. Paul. The 69-year-old said he needs to raise the money by June 30.

“We lost our income when we lost a number of [...]

THE ‘BRIBE’ TO SILENCE THE REV

When sermons of Obama’s Chicago pastor, Jeremiah Wright, surfaced during the Iowa primaries, it threatened to derail Obama’s campaign. ABC aired one where Wright screamed, “Goddamn America!” Edward Klein interviewed Wright, who told him Obama’s team tried to buy his silence.

‘Man, the media ate me alive,” Wright told me when we met in his office at Chicago’s Kwame Nkrumah Academy. “After the media went ballistic on me, I received an [...]

Church offers adults-only service for sex offenders banned from being near children

A Wisconsin church has started holding special adults-only services so convicted sex offenders can come to worship without violating their parole.

The First Congregational United Church of Christ in Madison launched the biweekly services, for sex offenders who legally cannot be where children are present, late last month as part of its prison ministry project.

However, none of the targeted audience turned up for the first adults-only service, although other parishioners showed [...]