Tag Archives: Evangelicals For Obama

Waning Influence of Colorado Springs Evangelicals

Anti-abortion activists rally against Sen. Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention in August (Getty Images) Salon’s Mike Madden visited the New Life megachurch in Colorado Springs on Sunday and found the political energy muted. The evangelical Christians he spoke with were lukewarm on McCain (though excited about Sarah Palin) and appeared to be bracing [...]

Evangelicals Contemplating Obama

At one evangelical college in Santa Barbara, CA, a small group of faculty and staff supporting presidential candidate Barack Obama are preparing for challenging conversations in their community as they look ahead to the fall semester. Several faculty and staff members of Westmont College hosted an “Evangelicals for Obama” meeting on June 28 to foster [...]