What is Michelle Bachman's religion?

Answer 1

Michele Bachmann is a Christian but she says she considers her heritage to be Jewish because it is the foundation and roots of her faith as a Christian. She has traveled to Israel four times (once as a young girl and three times as a member of Congress). To announce her candidacy she referenced her faith as a source for her desire to serve as president.

Technically, she was a long-time member of a the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, which is a very small and theologically conservative branch of the Lutheran faith. For comparison, the main American Lutheran Church is the Evangelical Lutheran Church of American (ELCA) has at 4.5 million members, the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS) has 2.4 million, while the WELS has under 400,000.

She recently changed attendance to that of the Eagle Brook Church, an Evangelical Christian mega-church located closer to her residence. Eagle Brook is not a member of any larger religious organization, being one of the myriad of individual evangelical Christian churches in the US. Theologically, the Eagle Brook Church was originally based on the Baptist faith, but has evolved away from that significantly, so it would be impossible to classify it as anything other than simply evangelical Christian.

Answer 2

Michelle Bachman is a member of a Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.