Obama's 'Spiritual Adviser' Will Be Briefing The President On His Recent Trip To Iran

The Rev. Joel Hunter of Longwood's Northland, a Church Distributed, is greeted by President Barack Obama at the White House after the evangelical Christian pastor was appointed to the Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. (COURTESY OF THE HUNTER FAMILY / April 2, 2009). Photo from Wounded Times

Obama's 'Spiritual Adviser' Visited Iran, Will Brief President on Trip -- Weekly Standard

A man described as President Obama's "spiritual adviser," Pastor Joel Hunter, recently visited Iran for a week to discuss "religious tolerance" in the famously oppressive country. Now Hunter will, according to a news report, brief President Obama on his trip there.

"Joel Hunter, a spiritual adviser to U.S. President Barack Obama, recently spent about a week discussing religious tolerance with officials in Iran, a country often singled out by rights groups for its intolerance toward its religious minorities. Hunter, a senior pastor of Northland Church in Florida who led a delegation of U.S. religious leaders to the Islamic republic, says he was invited by Iranian religious leaders and scholars to attend a conference," Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported over the weekend.

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Update: 'We Have Something In Common' -- Obama's Spiritual Adviser On Iran Trip -- Radio Free Europe

My Comment: There is a lot to criticize about how the Iranian theocracy runs Iran .... but their religious views are an important part of their life. As to Rev. Joel Hunter's trip to Iran .... the Iranians know who he is and it would not surprise me is they are communicating some of their messages/communiques through him to the White House.