--- title: Hillary Clinton website faith voters description: The group behind the website that went live on Friday morning, Faith for Hillary, is in the process of filing as a PAC, marking a strong push by Hillary Clinton's religious supporters ahead of her potential presidential bid in 2016 canonical: https://time.com/76724/faith-for-hillary-website-launches/ author: Elizabeth Dias article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-25T14:56:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:41:36.350Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton website faith voters og:description: The group behind the website that went live on Friday morning, Faith for Hillary, is in the process of filing as a PAC, marking a strong push by Hillary Clinton's religious supporters ahead of her potential presidential bid in 2016 og:url: https://time.com/76724/faith-for-hillary-website-launches/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8ab106d7806998a/69868c8bf983e7f17a04d80f/483427687.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4000 og:image:height: 2250 og:image:alt: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Speaks At The Marketo Marketing Nation Summit 2014 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton website faith voters twitter:description: The group behind the website that went live on Friday morning, Faith for Hillary, is in the process of filing as a PAC, marking a strong push by Hillary Clinton's religious supporters ahead of her potential presidential bid in 2016 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8ab106d7806998a/69868c8bf983e7f17a04d80f/483427687.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Faith for Hillary Website Launches > Sponsored content. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, three times a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ## Video: Meet The Women in Hillary Clinton's Inner Circle [Watch (HLS stream): Meet The Women in Hillary Clinton's Inner Circle](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/rLWnTlfm.m3u8) (4:09)  _Published 2014-01-16. Who are the women who have helped Hillary become Hillary? And how will their roles change if she runs for President in 2016?_ by [Elizabeth Dias](https://time.com/author/elizabeth-dias/) ## Elizabeth Dias Apr 25, 2014 2:56 PM UTC  Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton smiles during a keynote session at the The Marketo Marketing Nation Summit 2014 in San Francisco, April 8, 2014. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton smiles during a keynote session at the The Marketo Marketing Nation Summit 2014 in San Francisco, April 8, 2014. David Paul Morris—Bloomberg/Getty Images by [Elizabeth Dias](https://time.com/author/elizabeth-dias/) ## Elizabeth Dias Apr 25, 2014 2:56 PM UTC The Faith for Hillary website went live on Friday morning, [Faith Voters for Hillary](http://www.faithvotersforhillary.com), and the group behind it has begun the process of filing as a PAC. Faith for Hillary began informally about a year ago as a network for people of faith who support Hillary Clinton, and it is co-led by Burns Strider, vice president of the Democratic super-PAC American Bridge and senior advisor of its Correct the Record project, and Rick Hendrix, a Nashville gospel and country music promoter who also supported Clinton in the 2008 cycle. Faith for Hillary, Strider says, is not connected with either Ready for Hillary or American Bridge. The group’s social accounts have been growing slowly but steadily over the past year: @Faith4Hillary now has 34,000 Twitter followers and 40,000 likes on Facebook. Strider, a Baptist, and Hendrix, a Pentecostal turned non-denominational Christian, share the outreach responsibilities. “As she makes up her mind, we just want to provide the space,” explains Strider. “It is not necessarily encouraging or saying, You’ve got to run, but it is saying, We are here, we are organizing, and we are really ready to support if you do get into this but if not we are going to support you regardless because of the mission you have to play out, whatever position you choose to do.” He adds: “Obviously, I hope she runs.” Faith for Hillary has also started hosting small breakfasts for faith leaders. The first one took place in Little Rock, Ark. on March 26, and about 15 local clergy and civic leaders came, mostly Baptists and Methodists. Most attendees were new supporters, says Strider, but some of her 2008 supporters joined as well. A second breakfast is planned for next Friday in Columbia, South Carolina. The breakfasts also serve to drum up support for Democratic candidates in key 2014 races. Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor is running for re-election in Arkansas against Republican Rep. Tom Cotton, who has had support from the Tea Party. Democratic state senator Vincent Sheehen is running for governor of South Carolina against incumbent Republican Nikki Haley. Other breakfasts are in the works, but none are on the calendar yet. “The breakfasts that we have will be places where we can also help turnout voters and do some organizing around in 2014,” Strider notes. Hillary Clinton herself, who has no affiliation with Faith for Hillary, will give the keynote address to the United Methodist Women Assembly in Louisville on Saturday. A lifelong Methodist, Clinton addressed the United Methodist City Society in November for the group’s 175th anniversary, and she praised the Methodist women for their early social work in the infamous Five Points New York slum. ## Transcript >> If Hillary Clinton runs for U. S. President in 2016, the former secretary of State, New York Senator and First Lady will have a shot of being the first female president while Clinton is known for being a trailblazer herself, she is surrounded by a fearless circle of female advisers who make up a large part of her team. Here's a closer look of some of the women in Hillary Clinton's inner circle who have been advising, handling and image checking Clinton in her many roles and probably will continue to do so if she ends up running for President. Huma Abedin, one of Clinton's closest and perhaps better- known adviser is expected to have a top- level gig assisting her boss in a future presidential campaign. Abedin began working for Clinton as a White House intern when she was just 20 years old. And eventually became the former First Lady's traveling Chief of Staff doing her campaign for the 2008 Democratic Presidential nomination. When Clinton became Secretary of State, Abedin served as a top aide traveling with Clinton across the world. Capricia Marshall has been a key member of the Clinton entourage for two decades since she joined Bill Clinton's campaign in 1992. Back then, Marshall said that she got the job that nobody wanted, assisting the spouse of the candidate. But the first- generation America rose from personal assistant to White House Social Secretary and late became an adviser to the 2008 Presidential campaign. When Clinton became Secretary of State, she insisted on bringing along Marshall as Chief of Protocol, where she was considered a bridge between Obama and Clinton loyalists. Marshall left the post of the Chief of Protocol in 2013 but insiders say that she joined the list of Clinton advisers who left key position for a chance to rest while they wait for team Hillary to gear up again for 2016 Presidential bid. There are few people closer to Hillary than Maggie Williams, renown as the ultimate Hillary loyalist, fearless and unwavering inner devotion for nearly 25 years. As the First Lady's Chief of Staff. Her office was in the West Wing right next to Hillary's. In those years, the loyal women who worked with Hillary came to call their universe Hillary Land. Williams was one of them and later took the helm of Clinton's 2008 campaign. Williams is set to have reservations about Clinton running again. Melanne Verveer, Clinton's former White House aide, sealed clears of the 2008 campaign but remains a trusted friend and adviser of Clinton. She took on one of the topics nearest to Clinton's heart, women's issues. Verveer was appointed as the first Ambassador of the said Department Office for Global Women's Issue in 2009 and is now Executive Director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security. Verveer played a crucial rule in orchestrating Clinton's story in 1995 speech in Beijing on women's rights. >> Human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights once and for all. >> Finally, you should keep an eye out for Cheryl Mills having worked for the Clintons in some capacity for more than two decades including her recent stint as Chief of Staff to the former Secretary of State. Mills is often described as the gatekeeper to Hillary Land. 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