From Huffington-
President Obama has named top U.S. church leaders to an advisory council on faith-based programs, but the list of appointments is also drawing questions about a lack of diversity from minority faiths.
The 15 names released late Friday (Feb. 4) include top officials of prominent organizations -- from the Episcopal Church to the National Association of Evangelicals to the United Way.
The list included no prominent Muslim or Hindu leaders; the White House says the list will be expanded later with 10 additional names.
The Rev. Welton Gaddy, president of the Washington-based Interfaith Alliance said he was "shocked" the initial names for the panel did not include known leaders outside the Christian and Jewish faiths.
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The new panel members include four denominational heads -- Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori of the Episcopal Church; Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; Greek Orthodox Archbishop Demetrios; and the Rev. Nancy Wilson, moderator of the predominantly gay Metropolitan Community Churches.
Evangelical leaders include Leith Anderson, president of the National Association of Evangelicals and Lynne Hybels, co-founder with her husband Bill of Willow Creek Community Church, a suburban Chicago megachurch.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/07/obama-names-second-round-_n_819880.html
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