Nearly a year after a painful break from his Chicago church, President Barack Obama and his family are considering joining several churches of various denominations in the nation’s capital but have yet to settle on one, and aides said that they’re unlikely to decide before Easter.
The delay reflects how the economic crisis has crowded out some personal considerations since Obama’s inauguration in January, but it also underscores the complexities of this personal decision by a public man.
Past presidents have grappled with how and where to worship, but Obama’s pick is especially guaranteed to provoke interest and scrutiny.
I’m a little surprised that this. You’d think that the NatCat would offer the same dodgy theology and reflexive anti-Americanism that Obama came to appreciate at TUCC. Perhaps the music isn’t as lively.
Maybe this is good news. I imagine many pastors would not like having to have their sermons vetted by the Administration for fear of offending someone.
Derrick Harkins is a godly pastor and I think the Obama’s would find a good spiritual home at 19th Street Baptist. I hope they return.
#1 – I think that his advisors are too smart to have him join a church with such friendly ties to thuggish Iranian clerics.