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President Barack Obama's poll numbers have dipped nationwide as he tackles wars on two fronts and battles for health care reform and job creation. Yet in the Presbyterian Church of St. Albans, Queens, church members have such high approval of Obama, that asking them about the president's performance will only get one response.

"He is going to make it, but just give him time," said one churchgoer.

When members of the congregation recently gathered to talk about the president's performance so far, they spontaneously clapped their hands and chanted, "Two terms, two terms." The enthusiasm recalls the singing and joy that filled the church's basement on Election Day in 2008, and church members say they their support for Obama has still not waned.

Locals support the president for a number of reasons, but at the top of the list is the pride he brings to many African-Americans who live in this area.

One of the church members, Geri Taylor-Brown, was brought to tears the night Obama made history.

"I'm from an era where I had to sit in colored sections and drink out of colored water fountains. I didn't even think I would be alive to see today," Taylor-Brown told NY1 in 2008.

"I'm so proud that I could bust my buttons. Not just of him, but of the First Lady and of the First Children," said Taylor-Brown.

"When I go down to several of the schools and look on the outside and the inside of the schools, there is a sense of pride and dignity," said the Reverend Dr. Edward Davis, the church's senior pastor. "Young people can walk with their heads up high."

Pride is not the only reason why the president is popular here, as many churchgoers also point to programs that have helped to curtail the foreclosure rate in the neighborhood, which is the highest in the city.

"People in southeast Queens that I know that refinanced at rates lower than 5 percent, that's phenomenal," said Taylor-Brown.

Yet Taylor-Brown and Davis said there are issues the president needs to tackle sooner rather than later.

"If the unemployment rate can be attacked with fervor and turned around, and also the health care. Absolutely, the health care is an issue," said Taylor-Brown.

"I do hope that there will be greater job opportunities for everybody," said Davis.

As they wait, they also hope and pray for the president's re-election in 2012.