BILL SAMMON: When Will Obama Go to Church?
President Obama has not attended church services on any of the 11 Sundays since he took office, despite his pledge to find
a new church after quitting Trinity United nearly a year ago because of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s incendiary rhetoric.
“We probably won’t make any firm decision on this until January, when we know what our lives our going to be like,” Obama told reporters last May at a press conference that he called to announce his break with Trinity.
By this point in former President George W. Bush’s tenure, the president had spent several Sunday mornings attending services at St. John’s Episcopal Church, which is located opposite the White House off of Lafayette Park.
But the president made no decision in January, February or March. And now, with Easter just days away, Obama has yet to reveal what church he may have chosen or when he might attend his first Sunday services as president.
Days before his inauguration, Obama’s director of religious affairs, Joshua DuBois, said the Obamas “look forward to learning more about many churches in the District.” DuBois, who is now director of the White House office on faith-based initiatives, added at the time: “They will choose a church home at a time that is best for their family.”
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Interestingly the first religious service he attends since becoming President is a Passover seder held at the White House. Style over substance, political convenience over any religious conviction.
Obama don’t need no stinkin’ church no more… he da messiah his self!