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Near the end of the final presidential debate Wednesday night, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain were asked about their views on an infamous abortion law.

A series of TV and radio ads began to hit airwaves this week in key battleground states to counter recent claims by a pro-Obama Christian group that the Illinois senator is the most pro-life candidate out of the two major presidential contenders.

Republican vice presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin went on the attack Saturday at a Pennsylvania rally against Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama for what she calls his radical views on abortion rights.

Formerly reluctant John McCain supporter Dr. James Dobson has done away with his reservations and called on his millions of evangelical listeners Monday to vote for the GOP ticket – just a day ahead of the second presidential debate.

Renowned American missiologist Dr. Ralph D. Winter recently received the 2008 Lifetime of Service Award at a major annual mission conference.

Whether one’s religious or not in this election cycle, one trend that is seen across the 12 tribes of American politics is that moral issues have become dramatically less important than in previous years, a newly released survey found.

A prominent evangelical leader dismissed presidential candidate Barack Obama’s new line of faith-based merchandise as “clever packaging.”

Christian publishing giant Zondervan, the company behind Rick Warren’s megahit The Purpose Driven Life, announced last week that it will release the biography of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin next month.

The majority of Americans believe evangelical voters will have a significant impact on the November election, but also say the faithful tend to complain too much.

A delegation of government-recognized Chinese religious leaders is in Atlanta through Tuesday to meet with American faith leaders, political leaders, as well as former President Jimmy Carter.

President Bush gave his support to presumptive nominee Sen. John McCain at the Republican National Convention Tuesday evening by highlighting parts of the senator’s life story that display his strong character, and by declaring that he is the man America needs to lead it.

An international Christian women’s ministry expressed enthusiasm for the selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as the running mate of presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain.

Sen. Barack Obama accepted the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night with a speech many described not as inspirational, but as workmanlike and practical.

An international humanitarian agency has launched an online campaign to find donors to “adopt” families affected by China’s massive May 12 quake and help them build new homes.

A key evangelical leader with influence on American politics emphasized this past week the importance of Republican John McCain’s vice presidential pick on the decision of values voters this fall.

Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware in many ways is different than his Democratic running mate Sen. Barack Obama, but a conservative advocacy group shows that on key pro-family issue the two are very much on the same page.

Top Republican contenders in the US presidential race were rated on their family values claim by a leading West Coast pro-family organisation in a report card released Wednesday.