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Obama Campaign Press Release - Obama Campaign Announces Iowa Faith Steering Committee

September 04, 2007

Des Moines, IA -- The Obama Campaign today announced that 32 Iowans of different faiths will participate on the Faith Steering Committee for Barack Obama's Iowa Campaign. Today's announcement comes as the Obama Campaign kicks off a 10-day faith tour to give Iowans an opportunity to discuss faith, values, and politics.

"One of the reasons I support Barack Obama is because of his unique ability to discuss faith in a unifying way that doesn't exploit religious differences for political gain," Rev. Matt Perkins of the United Church of Christ said. "His faith, compassion and commitment to bringing people together are exactly what we need in our next President."

The Faith Steering Committee will lead outreach efforts to religious communities across the state and discuss Senator Obama's commitment to challenging conventional thinking in Washington, D.C.

"Our campaign is committed to reaching out to people of all faiths as we build our grassroots movement to challenge the status quo in Washington, D.C.," Senator Obama said. "That's why I am honored to have the individual support of these leaders in the faith community who are dedicated to working in communities across Iowa to help us build our unifying movement."

On June 16th of this year, Barack Obama discussed his faith as he addressed the Iowa United Church of Christ statewide conference. Barack and Michelle Obama are Christians whose faith is a part of their everyday life.

The 10-day faith tour begins today, September 4th, and ends September 18th. At each stop, the Obama Campaign will lead forums entitled "What's faith got to do with it?" For more information on the Obama Campaign's organizing and outreach efforts in the faith community, click here. See below for the Faith Steering Committee members and details on the Obama Campaign's faith tour. Faiths and denominations are listed for reference purposes only; they do not indicate church or temple endorsements.

Title

First Name

Last Name

City

Faith

Rev. Dr.

Floyd

Brown

Sioux City

Baptist

Sister

Gwen

Hennessey

Sioux City

Catholic, Franciscan Nun

Sister

Patricia

Johnson

Sioux City

Episcopal, Deacon at St. Thomas

Jackson

D. Hawks

Sioux City

Buddhist

Harlan

Vanoort

Orange City

Reformed Church in America

Michael

Larkin

Sioux City

Catholic

Rev.

Howard

Hunt

Webster City

United Church of Christ

Rev.

Margaret

Aiseayew

Ames/Ellsworth

United Methodist Church

Rev.

Shara and Ken

Adderley

Fort Dodge

African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME)

Rev.

Abraham

Funchess

Waterloo

United Methodist Church

Rev.

Joseph

Baring

Waterloo

African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME)

Rev.

Wilson

Rideout

Waterloo

African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME)

Rev.

Matthew & Amy

Perkins

Decorah

United Church of Christ

Rev.

Timothy

Ensworth

Waterloo

United Church of Christ

Rev.

Helen

Seenster

Waterloo

Full Gospel Missionary

Rev.

Frantz

Whitfield

Waterloo

Baptist

Rev.

Marvin

Jenkins

Waterloo

Baptist

Rev.

Morris

Anderson

Waterloo

Baptist

Rev.

Dr. Ken and Nancy

Bickel

Dubuque

United Church of Christ

Rev.

Gayle

Strickler

Marshalltown

United Church of Christ

Rev.

Katherine

Mulhern

Davenport

United Church of Christ

Rev.

Rogers

Kirk

Davenport

Baptist

Rev.

John & Jeanne

Tyler

Keokuk

United Church of Christ

Rev.

Keith

Ratliff

Des Moines

Baptist

Rev.

Dennis

Eastin

Ankeny

United Church of Christ

Rev.

Toussaint

Cheatom

Des Moines

African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME)

Rev.

Henry

Thomas

Des Moines

Baptist

Rev.

Derek

Bastian

Des Moines

African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME)

Barack Obama, Obama Campaign Press Release - Obama Campaign Announces Iowa Faith Steering Committee Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/292412

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