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Barack Obama has repeatedly stated that he is a committed Christian, and there is no credible evidence to the contrary. He was sworn into the Senate on his family Bible, and sworn into the presidency on a Bible used by Abraham Lincoln. He has regularly attended church with his wife and daughters for years. Questions have arisen due to the fact that his biological father had a "Muslim name" and was born into Islam. However, his father had long since left the religion and become an atheist by the time the future president was born. Further, Barack Obama's mother was a non-practicing Christian, so she raised her son to be spiritual and respect all religions. It was when he went to live with his maternal grandparents, who helped to raise him, that he lived in a home where a religion was observed-- Protestant Christianity.

In his writings, Barack Obama credited the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, his pastor of 20 years at Trinity United Church in Chicago as one of his life mentors, and thanked him for bringing him back to being an active participant in Christianity. Another factor was his then-girlfriend Michelle Robinson, who was a practicing Christian. When the two married, they wanted a faith to share with their future children, and Mr. Obama agreed that becoming more active in a church would be a good thing.

Although Barack Obama later resigned from his Chicago church as a result of controversial sermons by his former pastor, he continued to identify as a Christian and his family has never observed anything other than Christianity, contrary to internet myths. As president, he and his family have gone to a local church in Washington DC on a number of occasions. The family also has friends who are ministers from several denominations. That said, the president has a multicultural family, with relatives who are Buddhists, Muslims, Jews, and Christians. He respects them all.

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In his early or mid 20s: The previous answer "since birth" is not consistent with President Obama's own description of his Christian faith, nor the date of his baptism. He wrote in his book, The Audacity of Hope, that he "was not raised in a religious household."

Obama began attending Christian churches in his early 20s. In 1988, at the age of either 26 or 27 (he was born born Aug. 4, 1961), he was baptized as a practicing Christian. Barack and wife Michelle had their daughters, Sasha and Malia, baptized in the Christian faith.

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He was always a Christian, although he had a period when he was skeptical of organized religion. It is an internet myth that he was not a Christian, and also a myth that he had to convert to Christianity. His mother was a Christian (although not very religious), and so were his grandparents, and they were the ones who raised him. He was never raised Muslim-- his biological father was not in his life, and had long since left Islam; and his step-father, who was by most reliable accounts a moderate Muslim, never imposed that religion on his step-son.

Barack Obama was raised in a moderate Christian environment-- his mother was not very religious, but she taught him about various faiths and philosophies, so that he would have respect for them. His grandparents were Protestant, and that is the tradition to which he was exposed for much of his youth. After a period of skepticism in college, he re-committed to Christianity several years before marrying his wife, who was a Methodist. There is no credible evidence that Mr. Obama has ever practiced any religion other than Christianity.

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He didn't need to "become" one-- his mother was one, and so were his grandparents, and they were the ones who raised him. Contrary to internet myths, he was never raised Muslim-- his biological father was not in his life, and had long since left Islam; and his step-father, who was by most reliable accounts a moderate Muslim, never imposed that religion on his step-son. Barack Obama was raised in a moderate Christian environment-- his mother was not very religious, but she taught him about various faiths and philosophies, so that he would have respect for them. His grandparents were Protestant, and that is the tradition to which he was exposed for much of his youth. After a period of skepticism in college, he re-committed to Christianity several years before marrying his wife, who was a Methodist. There is no credible evidence that Mr. Obama has ever practiced any religion other than Christianity.

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Obama was never Muslim, so he never converted "from Islam." He was baptized in 1988 as an adult, but he had previously not been anything in particular. He was raised by nominal, but non-practicing, Christians.

His father was raised Muslim, but by the time he met Obama's mother he was essentially an atheist.

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