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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Adam Gabbatt

‘False teacher’: Trump’s pick to head the ‘White House faith office’ roils some fellow Christians

Trump and a woman in red raising a fist.
Paula White has been called a ‘100% a false teacher’ by some fellow conservatives. Composite: Guardian Design/Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP

On the campaign trail, Donald Trump repeatedly promised to “protect religious liberty”, and two weeks after his inauguration he acted: creating a “White House faith office”, which will be led by Paula White, a millionaire televangelist known to speak in tongues who called the Black Lives Matter movement the “Antichrist” and once encouraged people to buy “resurrection seeds” for $1,114.

The move brought renewed focus on White, Trump’s longtime spiritual guru. And for White, not all of it will be welcome.

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