faith-based council
Obama names 18 new faith-based council advisers
By Adelle M. Banks — September 25, 2015
(RNS) They include a former president of a historic black denomination, the head of an anti-hunger group and an executive of a Sikh organization.
Obama’s faith-based advisers divided over religious exemption for anti-gay discrimination
By Adelle M. Banks — July 8, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) “An exception would set a terrible precedent by denying true equality for LGBT people, while simultaneously opening a Pandora’s Box inviting other forms of discrimination,” more than 100 signatories wrote Tuesday in a letter to President Obama.
COGIC Presiding Bishop Charles Blake re-elected for another four years
By Kevin Eckstrom — November 16, 2012
(RNS) The Church of God in Christ has re-elected Presiding Bishop Charles Blake to serve a second four-year term as head of the nation's largest Pentecostal denomination. By Kevin Eckstrom.
Obama appoints first Mormon to White House faith-based council
By Daniel Burke — July 26, 2012
(RNS) As he competes against a Mormon in the presidential election, President Obama has appointed the first Mormon member of his White House faith-based council. By Daniel Burke
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