5 Faith Facts about Ben Carson: Retired Neurosurgeon, Seventh-Day Adventist

By Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service
Photo via Gage Skidmore / Wikimedia Commons / RNS
Ben Carson. Photo via Gage Skidmore / Wikimedia Commons / RNS
May 4, 2015
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Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon once best known for separating conjoined baby twins, is expected to announce May 4 that he will pursue a GOP candidacy for U.S. president. Carson is now known as a culture warrior whose criticisms of President Obama have made him a favorite of conservatives.

Here are five faith facts about him.

 

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Ben Carson. Photo via Gage Skidmore / Wikimedia Commons / RNS