Politics & Government
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. Metropolitan AME is one of two prominent black congregations with long histories. Black power brokers including Vernon Jordan belong to Metropolitan; past members included Frederick Douglass, and the church is said to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad. (Andrew Councill/MCT)
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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. People's Congregational United Church of Chris is a predominately black congregation of the same denomination as Obama's former church. (Andrew Councill/MCT)
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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. Calvary Baptist is a smaller church led by a pastor who grew up in Obama's birthplace, Hawaii. (Andrew Councill/MCT)
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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. Nineteenth Street Baptist (now on 16th Street) is one of two prominent black congregations with long histories. The church is housed in what used to be a synagogue (Andrew Councill/MCT)
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