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Friday Five: Michael Wear

What are evangelicals' biggest misconceptions about President Obama? We asked one who knows him well.

For today's entry in the Friday Five interview series, we catch up with Michael Wear. Michael was the faith outreach director for President Obama's 2012 relection campaign and until recently served in the White House Office of Faith and Community Partnerships. He recently cofounded Values Partnership with another Obama faith veteran, Joshua Dubois. This is a social enterprise that helps nurture public, private and non-profit partnerships within the faith community. Michael and his wife, Melissa currently reside in Washington, D.C. where they attend National Community Church. You can follow Michael on Twitter here: @michaelrwear

-Daniel

What is the biggest misconception evangelicals have about the President's faith?

There are some surface level misconceptions, or insufficiently informed judgments, some hold that are obvious: that he's a Muslim (he's not) or otherwise not a Christian (he is), for instance. But I think a more fundamental misconception that some might hold runs deeper and applies ...

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