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Obama Prayer Breakfast 'Powerful,' Says ELCA Presiding Bishop

Obama Prayer Breakfast 'Powerful,' Says ELCA Presiding Bishop

April 20, 2011

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- President Barack Obama spoke movingly of his
Christian faith at a White House prayer breakfast April 19, said the Rev.
Mark S. Hanson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America (ELCA), who was in attendance.

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About the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America:
The ELCA is one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States, with 2.8 million members in more than 8,500 worshiping communities across the 50 states and in the Caribbean region. Known as the church of "God's work. Our hands.," the ELCA emphasizes the saving grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ, unity among Christians and service in the world. The ELCA's roots are in the writings of the German church reformer Martin Luther.

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Candice Hill Buchbinder
Public Relations Manager
Candice.HillBuchbinder@ELCA.org

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