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President Barack Obama's choice of a former congressional aide and associate pastor of a Massachusetts Pentecostal church to head his Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships highlights the importance of and the need for continued research into the effectiveness of the work of FBOs, says the co-director of Baylor University's Institute for Studies of Religion.

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Obama's choice of Warren to lead prayer not surprising, says Baylor University history/church-state studies professor; the decision to include Warren in inauguration is "natural exercise in tolerance."