{"id":126,"date":"2009-05-18T10:22:26","date_gmt":"2009-05-18T10:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2009\/05\/obamas-man-of-faith-joshua-dubois.html"},"modified":"2009-05-18T10:22:26","modified_gmt":"2009-05-18T10:22:26","slug":"obamas-man-of-faith-joshua-dubois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2009\/05\/obamas-man-of-faith-joshua-dubois.html","title":{"rendered":"Joshua DuBois&#8211;Obama&#8217;s Man of Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the_press_office\/ObamaAnnouncesWhiteHouseOfficeofFaith-basedandNeighborhoodPartnerships\/\" target=\"_blank\">President Obama picked 26 year old pentecostal minister, Joshua DuBois, to head the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. <\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<div>The key priorities of the office are as follows:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Reduce Poverty&#160;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Reduce Abortion<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Promote Responsible Fatherhood<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">&#160;&#160;&#160;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>DuBois is man to watch and pray for. &#160;Christianity Today just did an article about him called<a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2009\/may\/24.46.html\" target=\"_blank\"> &quot;The Perfect Hybrid.&quot; 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