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Obama names 18 new faith-based council advisers

c. 2015 Religion News Service

(RNS) President Obama last week (September 24) announced the names of 18 people who will serve on his third advisory council on faith-based issues.

They include leaders of religious groups and nonprofits—from a former president of a historic black denomination to the head of an anti-hunger group to an executive of a Sikh organization.