Paula White delivered the invocation at his inauguration, on January 20,2017.
48 Facts About Paula White
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Paula White is the first female clergy member to deliver the invocation.
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Paula White was formerly the co-pastor of Without Walls International Church in Tampa, Florida, a church she co-founded with pastor and then-husband Randy White in 1991.
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Donald and Myra Furr's marriage began to fail when Paula White was five years old.
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Paula White's mother left Tupelo and took her to Memphis; her separation from her husband and his subsequent suicide drove Paula White, her brother, and her mother into poverty.
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Paula White has said that during that time, she suffered from bulimia.
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Paula White's mother remarried to a two-star admiral in the United States Navy when Paula White was nine years old.
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Paula White's family moved to the Washington, DC area when her stepfather was stationed at the National Naval Medical Center.
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Paula White graduated from Seneca Valley High School in Germantown, Maryland.
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Paula White later claimed to have received a vision from God shortly after her conversion.
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On July 12,2009, Paula White became the senior pastor of the church that she had co-founded, replacing her former husband, Randy Paula White, who stated that he was stepping down as pastor for health reasons but would remain connected with the church in a different position.
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On January 1,2011, after the resignation of Scott Thomas, Paula White became the senior pastor of the Without Walls Central Church in Lakeland, Florida, church, making her the pastor of both locations.
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On June 20,2012, her ex-husband Randy Paula White resumed leadership of the Tampa location while the Lakeland location had been abandoned a year prior.
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Since then, Paula White has not been listed as staff at Without Walls International Church.
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In November 2011, while Paula White was still senior pastor of the location, her ex-husband Randy Paula White said that the Lakeland property was on the verge of being sold or going into foreclosure.
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On March 4,2014, when Paula White was the senior pastor of New Destiny Christian Center in Apopka, Without Walls International Church filed for Chapter 11 federal bankruptcy protection.
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Paula White participated in the Mega Fest, hosted by Jakes in Atlanta, in 2004,2005 and 2008.
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Paula White has ministered to Michael Jackson, Gary Sheffield, and Darryl Strawberry.
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Paula White was the personal pastor to Darryl Strawberry, starting in 2003 following Strawberry's release from prison for cocaine possession.
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Charisse Strawberry, Darryl's wife at the time, worked as an assistant to Paula White, accompanying her on speaking engagements.
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Paula White is the "personal life coach" of Tyra Banks and appeared on her show, the Tyra Banks Show, in an episode on promiscuity on October 4,2006.
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On December 31,2011, the board of New Destiny Christian Church in Apopka, Florida, announced it had appointed Paula White to succeed Zachery Tims as the new senior pastor.
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On January 1,2012, Paula White officially became the senior pastor for New Destiny Christian Center in Apopka.
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On May 5,2019, Paula White announced that she was stepping down as senior pastor of New Destiny Christian Center and that her son and his wife would become the new senior pastors.
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Paula White said she would help start 3,000 churches and a university.
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Paula White became a personal minister to Donald Trump after he watched her television show; he first contacted Paula White by telephone in 2002.
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Paula White brought her to Atlantic City on multiple occasions for private Bible studies, and has appeared on her television show.
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In June 2016, Paula White was credited by James Dobson for having converted Trump to Christianity.
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Paula White was part of Trump's Evangelical Advisory Board during his campaign for president, and she provided the invocation prayer during Trump's inauguration ceremony.
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From when Trump took office, Paula White had served as one of the president's spiritual advisors and had held various prayer circles with him in the Paula White House, including in the Oval Office.
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One notable prayer moment was Paula White initiating prayer with President Trump on February 27,2020 at the African American History Month Reception in the Cabinet Room.
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Paula White led black leaders to lay hands on President Trump, a moment that aided President' Trumps appeal with the black community following their concerns with him before the he was elected.
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Paula White enthusiastically supported Trump's 2017 decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
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Paula White further used her religious notoriety to fish for votes on Trump's behalf.
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Paula White warned that "Christians that don't support President Trump will have to answer to God".
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The video featured Paula White leading the impassioned prayer that included praying in tongues.
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On October 31,2019, the Paula White House announced that Paula White would serve in an official advisory role for the Center for Faith and Opportunity Initiative.
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Paula White was spotted with First Lady Melania Trump in the White House Rose Garden on May 7,2020 delivering the opening remarks for a National Day of Prayer ceremony.
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Paula White stood as a voice of strong contradiction against those who alleged immigration detention centers used to detain children who entered the country illegally following Trump's new policies were inhumanely kept.
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Paula White has been criticized for her religious beliefs by theologians and other conservative evangelists.
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Paula White has been criticized for claiming to have a doctoral degree when she has no college or seminary degree.
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In July 2018, while discussing immigration, Paula White said that although Jesus migrated to live in Egypt, it was not illegal.
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Paula White was crucified as a felon under Roman law.
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In December 2021, Paula White participated in the "Prayer Rally for Peace on the Korean Peninsula," hosted by the Unification Church's Universal Peace Federation.
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Paula White was denounced by Christian rapper Shai Linne in a song called "Fal$e Teacher$".
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In 2010, Paula White was photographed leaving a hotel in Rome holding hands with televangelist Benny Hinn.
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Paula White has one child, son Bradley Knight from her first marriage, whom she installed as her church senior leader in 2019.
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Paula White was stepmother to the three children of her second husband, Randy White, and is stepmother to the three children of her third husband, Jonathan Cain.