WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has selected a 26-year-old Pentecostal minister who served as his top religion adviser during the presidential campaign to head a revamped White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.
He also established an advisory council that includes former Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) President Frank Page.
Page, SBC president from 2006 to 2008, will serve as one of 25 members of the advisory council for the initiative.
The council of religious and secular leaders will serve one-year terms. Page is pastor of First Baptist Church, Taylors, S.C.
Critics of former President George W. Bush’s attempt to expand the government’s ability to fund the charitable work of churches expressed guarded optimism at the pick of Joshua DuBois to head the renamed White House Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. DuBois joined the Obama campaign in 2008 and served as its chief liaison with the evangelical Christian community.
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