Paula White and Franklin Graham added to their stacks of praise for President Donald Trump this week, with White comparing Trump to Jesus in Holy Week. Not to be outdone, Trump also compared himself to Jesus being called “king.” At…
Give to me, Paula White says, and you’ll support Israel
Last year, Paula White offered her followers seven Easter blessings for a gift of $1,000. This Holy Week, she’s using support for Israel as a motivation to give money to her. In addition to being a health-and-wealth televangelist — soundly…
She’s a conservative who was kicked off Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission
Carrie Prejean Boller said she was stunned to learn the White House Religious Liberty Commission is more focused on supporting Israel than on protecting the faith freedoms of Americans. And it was just as astounding that commission leaders attempted to…
Trump advisor’s sale of ‘Easter Blessings’ was most-read news article for 2025
Baptist News Global’s top 15 most-read news stories in 2025 covered a broad spectrum of controversial issues ranging from immigration, church sexual abuse, attitudes toward LGBTQ rights and congregational leadership. Many of the high-interest articles were in some way about…
Trump boasts of ‘Top 100 Victories for People of Faith’
President Donald Trump recently celebrated his role as “the most pro-faith and pro-religious liberty president in American history” by issuing a little-noticed list of his “Top 100 Victories for People of Faith,” many of them gifts to the evangelicals who…
Trump 2.0: Hymn sings, prayer meetings and ‘biblical’ deportations
Pentecostal pastors laying hands on the president in the Oval Office. Prayers to open cabinet meetings. Hymn sings in the Roosevelt Room. Cross necklaces as faith-forward fashion statements. A prayer meeting at the Pentagon. Such public expressions of faith are…
So Paula White’s a complementarian? Really?
While many express concern about Paula White’s leadership in the White House Faith Office due to her adherence to the prosperity gospel and her bizarre, tongue-speaking prophecies for Donald Trump, one of the surprising developments of this past week was…
Imagine this great cloud of Baptist witnesses around the Resolute Desk
Two images crowd into my mind. One is of President Donald Trump sitting at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, surrounded by a group of evangelical leaders. The other image is the cover artwork of Margaret M. Mitchell’s The…
Trump’s faith adviser selling seven Easter blessings for $1,000 gift
President Donald Trump’s chief faith adviser is selling seven “supernatural blessings” for Easter season gifts of $1,000 or more. On her website and social media, televangelist Paula White has a special offer for what she calls the “Passover season” when…
Jeffress, Wolfe, Strachan among evangelical leaders praying over Trump
In a reprise of a famous photo op from his first term in the White House, Donald Trump welcomed 17 evangelical pastors to the Oval Office March 19 to pray over him. The next day, a different group of religious…
She’s baaaaaack!
It’s February 2025 and Paula White is back at the White House. On Feb. 7 at the National Prayer Breakfast, President Donald Trump announced the (re)creation of the White House Faith Office, to be led by White. She also led…
Trump vows to ‘protect’ Christians in America
Even as his administration battles with Christian leaders over immigration and ICE raids in churches, President Donald Trump pledged Feb. 6 he will “protect” Christians in America. “While I’m in the White House, we will protect Christians in our schools,…