RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump will hold a campaign event in a Miami megachurch on Friday [1-3-20] to shore up support from Christian conservatives, after a prominent evangelical publication questioned whether the faithful should support the Republican. The event by Trump at the 7,000-capacity King Jesus International Ministry church has drawn fresh attention to his administration’s ties to “prosperity gospel” preachers who tell followers that generous donations to their churches will be rewarded on Earth with wealth, health and power. The doctrine’s growth in recent decades – often helped by charismatic televangelist pastors – has confounded classical theologians and some of the evangelical community who consider the ‘prosperity gospel’ to be in direct opposition to the Bible.”
–Simon Lewis, Heather Timmons, “Trump seeks to shore up evangelical support at ‘prosperity gospel’ church,” Reuters, January 3, 2020 3:16 am