Barack, Michelle Obama and children...what religion DO they practice?

I've heard many people express concern about the religious beliefs of their extended family...but I've never heard just what denomination church Barack, Michelle and their children attend. Have you read or heard anything about it? Asked by HELENofTROY 46 months ago Similar questions: Barack Michelle Obama children religion practice Society > Religion & Spirituality.

Similar questions: Barack Michelle Obama children religion practice.

Foes Use Obama's Muslim Ties to Fuel Rumors About m In his speeches and often on the Internet, the part of Sen. Barack Obama's biography that gets the most attention is not his race but his connections to the Muslim world. Since declaring his candidacy for president in February, Obama, a member of a congregation of the United Church of Christ in Chicago, has had to address assertions that he is a Muslim or that he had received training in Islam in Indonesia, where he lived from ages 6 to 10.

While his father was an atheist and his mother did not practice religion, Obama's stepfather did occasionally attend services at a mosque there. Despite his denials, rumors and e-mails circulating on the Internet continue to allege that Obama (D-Ill.) is a Muslim, a "Muslim plant" in a conspiracy against America, and that, if elected president, he would take the oath of office using a Koran, rather than a Bible, as did Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.

), the only Muslim in Congress, when he was sworn in earlier this year.In campaign appearances, Obama regularly mentions his time living and attending school in Indonesia, and the fact that his paternal grandfather, a Kenyan farmer, was a Muslim. Obama invokes these facts as part of his case that he is prepared to handle foreign policy, despite having been in the Senate for only three years, and that he would literally bring a new face to parts of the world where the United States is not popular. The son of a white woman from Kansas and a black man from Kenya, Obama was born and spent much of his childhood in Hawaii, and he talks more about his multicultural background than he does about the possibility of being the first African American president, in marked contrast to Sen.

Llary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y. ), who mentions in most of her stump speeches the prospect of her becoming the first woman to serve as president. "A lot of my knowledge about foreign affairs is not what I just studied in school. It's actually having the knowledge of how ordinary people in these other countries live," he said earlier this month in Clarion, Iowa."The day I'm inaugurated, I think this country looks at itself differently, but the world also looks at America differently," he told another Iowa crowd.

"Because I've got a grandmother who lives in a little village in Africa without running water or electricity; because I grew up for part of my formative years in Southeast Asia in the largest Muslim country on Earth. " While considerable attention during the campaign has focused on the anti-Mormon feelings aroused by former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney (R), polls have also shown rising hostility toward Muslims in politics.It is not clear whether that negative sentiment will affect someone who has lived in a Muslim country but does not practice Islam. In an August poll by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, 45 percent of respondents said they would be less likely to vote for a candidate for any office who is Muslim, compared with 25 percent who said that about a Mormon candidate and with 16 percent who said the same for someone who is an evangelical Christian.

In Ellison's case, much of the controversy focused on his decision to take his oath of office with a Koran, one owned by Thomas Jefferson."If I were a Muslim, I would let you know, " he said in Dubuque, Iowa, recently, according to CNN.com. "But I'm a member of Trinity United Church of Christ on 95th Street on the South Side of Chicago. We've got the best choir in town, and if you want to come and worship with us, you are more than welcome."

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Trinity United Church of Christ "Barack, Michelle and their two daughters Malia, 9, and Sasha, 6, live on the south side of Chicago, where they attend Trinity United Church of Christ" Sources: barackobama.com/learn/meet.php .

They are Christian and are members of the UCC (United Church of Christ) They live on the South Side of Chicago and attend Trinity United Church of Christ. Trinity is the largest UCC church in the country. If you are not familiar with it the UCC is a mainline CHRISTIAN denomination which is known for being more liberal.It is a liturgical church which is currently in full communion with the ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) and the Episcopal Church.

The UCC has become active in affirming Obama's (and his family's) membership in their church. The link below is to an article regarding this issue. http://www.ucc.org/news/thomas-denounces-smear-1.html Trinity United Church of Christ website http://www.tucc.org/home.htm UCC website http://www.ucc.org/ .

Trinity United Church of Christ Google it, I'm not including the link because it will feel more "real" to you that way. Then go to Wikipedia and investigate the pastor. You will have your eye's opened further than you care to.

Let's just say that Obama's spiritual advisor is a huge fan of Louis Farrakhan. Yikes! .

S beliefs are his beliefs, whether they are part of any organized religion or not. George Bush is a church-going Christian, look at how that turned out. Hardly a basis for electing a president.

JMHO..

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Did Obama make a slip when talking about his religion say "my Muslim faith.

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