Some conservative Christian leaders are voicing concern over President Donald Trump’s new White House Faith Office, despite its stated goal of protecting religious liberties and addressing alleged anti-Christian bias. Established through an executive order that also directs the Department of Justice to pursue such cases, the office has sparked division within the faith community over its leadership and priorities.
At the helm of the Faith Office is Paula White-Cain, Trump’s longtime spiritual adviser and president of the National Faith Advisory Board. She is also a Florida-based pastor known for her prosperity gospel teachings—views that have drawn criticism from many within the conservative Christian movement, reported NOTUS.
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White-Cain is tasked with assisting Attorney General Pam Bondi in prosecuting cases of religious discrimination and ensuring the protection of religious liberty. However, many conservative Christians believe the administration is failing to uphold its commitment to faith-based charity groups, particularly in light of funding cuts affecting both domestic and international religious nonprofits.
“The most significant distinction here is that under both Republican and Democratic administrations, the Faith Office, what’s now being called the Faith Office, has thought well of religious charity in this country,” said Michael Wear, a former faith-based partnerships official in the Obama administration and founder of a Christian nonprofit. “This might be the first administration that has set out to disparage faith-based charity in this country.”
White Cain’s leadership has drawn sharp criticism from some Christian influencers. “Anybody that you know holds true to strong biblical conviction and discernment wouldn’t be involved with Paula White,” said conservative commentator Jon Root. “She’s 100 percent a false teacher.”
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Yet not all voices are critical. Franklin Graham, founder and CEO of Samaritan’s Purse and a staunch Trump supporter, defended the administration’s approach. “The Faith Office is a good thing,” he said. “It gives groups across the country, churches, denominations, a person in the White House that they can take their concerns to.”
Still, skepticism persists among many faith-based organizations, who claim they’ve yet to see court-ordered federal funds restored to their social service and humanitarian programs. “It feels like an attack on the faith-based nonprofit providers,” a senior official from a Christian charity network told NOTUS. “We’re wondering where this goes, and that’s our concern.”
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