White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative
Trump pledges to prevent ‘unacceptable’ repression of school prayer
By Adelle M. Banks — January 16, 2020
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said her department’s new guidelines require state agencies to inform it when complaints are filed about limitations to the free exercise of religion.
Paula White to head Trump’s faith office
By Jack Jenkins and Adelle M. Banks — November 1, 2019
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Paula White, a Pentecostal preacher and longtime adviser to President Trump, has been tapped to head the White House's Faith and Opportunity Initiative, a successor to previous administrations' faith-based office that coordinates outreach to faith communities.
Trump marks National Day of Prayer with new faith initiative
By Adelle M. Banks — May 3, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — 'We take this step because we know that in solving the many, many problems and our great challenges, faith is more powerful than government and nothing is more powerful than God,' he said in a Rose Garden ceremony.
New executive order aims to protect religious liberty from government overreach
By Adelle M. Banks — May 2, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The president plans to sign the order in a Rose Garden ceremony Thursday (May 3) that is expected to be attended by members of his Cabinet and some 200 representatives of religious groups.
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