President Joe Biden speaks at Northwest Philly church. Here’s what you need to know.

The pastor called it divine intervention.

President Joe Biden, in the midst of mounting pressure from Democrats to drop out of the presidential race, went to church in West Oak Lane on Sunday, after a previously scheduled speaking event at a teacher’s union gathering was canceled.

After saying it would take the “Lord Almighty” for him to suspend his candidacy, which he has acknowledged he may have just days to salvage, Biden got a rousing pep talk from preachers at the largely Black church, Mount Airy Church of God in Christ.

The Philadelphia radio host who admitted to using questions prepared by President Joe Biden’s campaign in his first post-debate interviews has left the station, WURD Radio’s president and CEO announced Sunday.

Andrea Lawful-Sanders, who hosts “The Source” on WURD 96.1 FM/900 AM, has agreed to leave the station after saying on CNN that she had received a list of eight questions from the Biden campaign, four of which she approved and used in her interview with Biden.

Biden, who is facing questions about whether he should continue as the Democratic presidential nominee following his poor debate performance, appeared on Black radio shows in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin last week to discuss his policy accomplishments and show voters he is prepared to complete another term. But Lawful-Sanders and a Wisconsin host, Earl Ingram, both said they had been given predetermined questions by Biden’s campaign as a condition of the interviews.

President Joe Biden finished his trip to Philadelphia by visiting with volunteers at the campaign’s headquarters in Manayunk.

The president was visibly excited as he addressed the small crowd and thanked them for going door to door on behalf of his campaign.

Since becoming president and therefore subject to a far higher level of security, Biden said, he has missed being able to speak directly with voters in passing, introduce himself, and ask what’s on their mind.

“I’ll take a Joe Biden any day over the other person. I don’t even want to say his name,” said West Oak Lane’s Fern Hamilton-Strother outside Mount Airy Church of God in Christ before services on Sunday.

She noted that Philadelphia showed up for Biden in 2020 and expected the city’s voters to do so again. ”Why would he drop out? He has my vote,” she said.

President Joe Biden’s age also did not deter Mount Airy’s Vera Primus from supporting Biden. ″Yes, he’s older, but he’s only three years older than the other person who’s running. It doesn’t mean that he can’t do it. He may be tired, but we’re all tired. But what I don’t want is that knucklehead in here who doesn’t care about anybody and lies,” Primus said, referring to former president Donald Trump.

As he continues to face calls from Democrats to leave the race because of his age and concerns about his ability to serve another four years Biden was engaged throughout the service.

The president stood and raised his arms during some gospel music but remained seated during a final prayer before he spoke as most of the congregation stood.

Biden’s voice filled the room for much of the speech as members of the congregation continually called out in support.

President Joe Biden said it was ‘good to be home,’ in a seven-minute speech at the church, thanking the gathered parishioners for their love in a challenging moment for his campaign.

“I’ve always felt the power of your faith in good times and in tough times,” he said.

Biden delivered a strong-voiced speech laced with segments of scripture. He did not directly address the debate or calls for him to drop out of the race but gave more subtle nods to the situation he’s in. “We’re all imperfect beings,” he said at one point.

President Joe Biden has often come to the Philadelphia area when his campaign has needed a boost and in the most challenging moment of his reelection campaign, Philadelphia Black church leaders gave him one.

Senior Pastor Bishop J. Louis Felton called it divine intervention that Biden’s schedule changed from a planned speech at a teacher’s union meeting to attending the church service at Mount Airy Church of God in Christ.

“God knew President Biden needs some love and God sent him here today so that we can show him,” Senior Pastor Bishop J. Louis Felton said. “Come on, let’s show him some love.”

Mount Airy Church of God in Christ, where President Joe Biden is to give remarks this morning, traces its roots back to 1966.

That year, founder Bishop Ernest Morris opened it as a small mission with a congregation of 16 people, according to the church’s website. By 1998, it grew to a 37,000-square-foot facility, and counts more than 3,000 followers among its congregation.

The church also includes a 36,000-square-foot educational building with 35 classrooms. It employs more an 150 people, and has a budget of more than $5 million annually, its website says.

Joe Biden walked onto the stage of Mount Airy Church of God in Christ as the gospel choir sang “I need you to survive.”

He was joined on stage by Sen. Bob Casey and Mayor Cherelle L. Parker. He sat alongside Bishop Ernest Morris, the 91-year-old founder of the church.

As Biden entered the church from a door on the stage the congregation cheered and several pulled their phones out to take photos and video.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom sought to motivate Bucks County Democrats on Saturday in a speech that lauded President Joe Biden’s achievements in his first term, but made little mention of growing concerns over the president’s age and competency following his disastrous performance against former President Donald Trump in the first presidential debate last month.

“We are going to save democracy and bring back Biden and Harris for four more years,” he proclaimed.

Newsom headlined a rally in Doylestown on Saturday morning, speaking alongside local elected officials to a crowd of Democrats who came out to support Biden in the middle of a heat wave on a holiday weekend in the swing county.

President Joe Biden’s campaign provided lists of approved questions to two radio hosts who did the first interviews with him after his faltering debate performance, both hosts said on Saturday.

Biden’s Thursday appearances on Black radio shows in the critical states of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania were his first chances to show he could answer questions and discuss his record after a debate in which the 81-year-old repeatedly struggled to complete sentences and press his case against Republican Donald Trump.

Appearing with Wisconsin radio host Earl Ingram on CNN, Andrea Lawful-Sanders — host of “The Source” on WURD in Philadelphia — said that she had received a list of eight questions, from which she approved four.

Josh Shapiro is in the conversation — but he’s light-years away from the top of the 2024 presidential ballot.

As Democratic panic continues following Biden’s bad debate performance June 27, Shapiro’s name has been placed on potential short lists — even if the chances he replaces Biden on the ticket are extremely slim. While the Pennsylvania governor has shown no outward signs of vying for the job, his name keeps coming up.

Shapiro is a logical candidate for Democrats to mention in Pennsylvania, where he remains its most popular elected official in a critical battleground state. While he’s been largely untested on the national stage, he’s listed with some politicians whose political resumes and national profiles make them more likely replacements — if Biden makes the extraordinary move of stepping aside.