‘Hard-Line Trump Hater’: President Responds to Woke Bishop
A prayer meeting held during the inauguration events for President Donald Trump has stirred significant controversy after Mariann Edgar Budde condemned the president from behind the pulpit using radical left-wing talking points.
“I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now,” Budde says. “There are gay, lesbian children in Democratic, Republican and independent families who fear for their lives. And the people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings, who labor in poultry farms and meat packing plants, who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants and work the night shift in hospitals, they may not be citizens…”
Pastor Travis Johnson and Dr. Malachi O’Brien, who were present at the event, told Charisma Media that the room was full of godly people like Jentezen Franklin, Paula White-Cain and Robert Jeffress who have been praying for revival and for the gospel to preached to the ends of the earth. To see this kind of rebuke coming at Trump from behind the pulpit was far from what any of them expected to happen that day. Budde’s disgraceful sermon was a reminder to all of the Holy Spirit-filled people there that only those who love the Lord should be in church leadership.
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“My prayer is that whenever anyone comes into confrontation with a woke pastor or someone that’s watered down the Scriptures…that those people would work to get control of their church, and if they can’t, find a church where the gospel is preached in the power of the Holy Spirit so that lives can be transformed,” says Johnson.
The president himself said after the service that it was “not too exciting,” and that he thought the church could have done a much better job of with it. He later took to Truth Social where he expressed his frustration with Budde’s message.
The so-called Bishop who spoke at the National Prayer Service on Tuesday morning was a Radical Left hard line Trump hater. She brought her church into the World of politics in a very ungracious way. She was nasty in tone, and not compelling or smart. She failed to mention the large number of illegal migrants that came into our Country and killed people. Many were deposited from jails and mental institutions. It is a giant crime wave that is taking place in the USA. Apart from her inappropriate statements, the service was a very boring and uninspiring one. She is not very good at her job! She and her church owe the public an apology!
In the wake of the event, many leaders are calling for a renewed focus on the transformative power of the Holy Spirit.
“Before the service started when hardly anyone was in the room I prayed for revival in our churches,” says Johnson. “That God would bless President Trump. He’s been a tireless fighter…”
O’Brien also commented that unlike what happened at this inaugural prayer event, the National Faith Advisory Board is standing in the gap, praying for revival to transform our nation.
“What we stand for is what Travis said he prayed for in the beginning of the service, that is for revival in America, awakening in the churches, for pastors to stand up, be bold and be strong and for the gospel to be preached, for people to be saved and for families to be strong and to pray for our president and every one of our nation’s leaders,” says O’Brien.
During this wicked season, we must use biblical discernment and wisdom at all times, choosing to stand firm for Christ no matter what comes our way, pressing in to the Lord to see true revival come.
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Abby Trivett is content development editor for Charisma Media.