On Tuesday, Feb. 11, Pastor Greg Laurie of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California, thanked President Donald Trump for establishing the White House Faith Office. Laurie also shared his thoughts on what he described as a “long-overdue initiative.”
Trump signed the executive order in the oval office surrounded by a group of Christian faith leaders on the morning of Feb. 7. Those invited included Paula White-Cain, Franklin Graham, Jentezen Franklin, Johnnie Moore, Jay and Diana Strack, Travis Johnson, Alveda King, Tim Clinton, Brad and Rachel Knight.
Trump also announced that Jenny Korn will serve as the White House Faith Office’s faith director.
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“America, we MUST remain in prayer! Pray for our nation, our President, The White House Faith Office, and believers everywhere,” White-Cain posted on social media following the president’s signing. “It is such an honor to serve this country and the people. Thank you to President Trump @potus for signing this historic executive order on The White House Faith Office.”
A video that has circulated on social media shows faith leaders singing worship music outside the oval office. National Faith Advisory Board (NFAB) member Malachi O’Brien was in the room during Trump’s signing and posted on X, “So we were able to pray over TRUMP in the Oval Office. He told us all that the White House [is] for people of faith and that we have an open door to this house.” O’Brien added, “I think we all are in awe of what God is doing.”
According to the order, one of the office’s functions will be to:
Make recommendations to the President, through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, regarding changes to policies, programs, and practices, and aspects of my Administration’s policy agenda, that affect the ability of faith-based entities, community organizations, and houses of worship to serve families and communities.
The order also states that the executive branch is committed to “ensuring that all executive departments and agencies honor and enforce the Constitution’s guarantee of religious liberty and to ending any form of religious discrimination by the Federal Government.”
Laurie, who prayed at a Trump rally last October, told his social media followers that he believes the establishment of the White House Faith Office is a “good thing” because its purpose is to “eradicate anti-Christian bias in our country,” something he said “there’s a lot of.”
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“Some would say, ‘Oh, wait, separation of church and state,’” he added before explaining the origin of that statement. That phrase is “not in any official government documents like the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence.”
