White—spiritual adviser to President-elect Donald Trump and Senior Pastor of New Destiny Christian Center in Apopka, Florida—has come under increasing media scrutiny in recent weeks, particularly after it was announced she would speak at Trump’s inauguration ceremony later this month.
Over the past few weeks, she’s been the subject of a number of unflattering articles…
She’s also been criticized for her beliefs by a number of evangelical leaders, including Southern Baptist leader Russell Moore…
Now, the evangelist is hitting back.
“I have read a great deal of false information being reported about me, my theology and my past,” White said in a statement shared with the Gospel Herald. “I have been called a heretic, an apostate, an adulterer, a charlatan, and an addict. It has been falsely reported that I once filed for bankruptcy and—my personal favorite—that I deny the Trinity!”
White said that while she has hesitated to address such “patently false accusations about my personal life and my beliefs so as to not dignify them with a response,” she was eventually compelled to set the record straight since such comments “pose a potential distraction to an otherwise celebratory and historic time in our country.”
First, White said she has “always believed” in—and has preached on—the exclusivity and divinity of Jesus Christ, His saving grace and…
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Topic: Paula White Hits Back at Critics: Reaffirms Her Belief in the Trinity, Inerrancy of the Bible and Divinity of Christ
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