Republican presidential contender and celebrity billionaire Donald Trump will meet privately with a group of Christian leaders at the behest of Florida megachurch pastor and prosperity preacher Paula White....
.....The publication noted that during Trump's 2012 run for the presidency, Pastor White arranged a similar meeting and the multi-billionaire also appeared on the minister's religious television program, "Paula White Today" years prior.....
....White is the senior pastor of New Destiny Christian Center in Apopka, Florida, a multi-cultural ministry founded in 1996 by late pastor Zachery Tims. White succeeded Tims after the 42-year-old pastor was found dead in a New York City hotel room in 2011. His cause of death was later revealed to have been "acute intoxication by the combined effects of cocaine and heroin."
White, who views popular megachurch pastor T.D. Jakes as a spiritual father, is commonly viewed as a prosperity preacher. Prosperity preachers are known to teach that God's material blessings can be won by Christians who give financially, usually to these preacher's own ministries or by acting on their specific teachings (read "Pastor Paula White Claims July Is 'Prophetically Designated for Victory Over Enemies;' Suggests $229 'Breakthrough Seed' Donation"). Some Christian ministers who promote the prosperity teaching, however, insist that "prosperity is not just about finances," as White explains on her website.
White was also among a group of six televangelists targeted in 2007 by the Senate Committee on Finance for possible abuse of her ministry's nonprofit status. While White submitted a financial report to the committee, she failed to disclose her full financial dealings with her ministry and church, which at the time was Without Walls International Church.....
