Paula White

==Personal life==

===Marriages and relationships===
White has been married three times.<ref name="CNN-critics"/>

Her first marriage was as a teenager.<ref name="Bearden">{{cite news |url=http://tbo.com/news/nation-world/2008/sep/12/without-walls-church-hoping-revival-ar-124369/ |title=Without Walls Church Is Hoping For A Revival |last=Bearden |first=Michelle |date=September 12, 2008 |newspaper=[[The Tampa Tribune]] |access-date=July 5, 2013 |archive-date=August 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805052548/https://tbo.com/news/nation-world/2008/sep/12/without-walls-church-hoping-revival-ar-124369/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> White became pregnant the year after converting to Christianity. She and the father, local musician Dean Knight, married in 1985; they divorced in 1989.<ref name="qtr" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/she-led-trump-to-christ-the-rise-of-the-televangelist-who-advises-the-white-house/|title=The televangelist advising the White House says she led Trump to Christ|date=2017-11-14|website=The Seattle Times|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-24}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Duin|first=Julia|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/she-led-trump-to-christ-the-rise-of-the-televangelist-who-advises-the-white-house/2017/11/13/1dc3a830-bb1a-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html|title=She led Trump to Christ: The rise of the televangelist who advises the White House|date=2017-11-14|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2020-02-24|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

White met associate pastor [[Randy White (pastor)|Randy White]] in 1987 while attending Damascus Church of God  in Maryland,&nbsp;which was headed by his father.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://tampabay.com/news/tampa/2019/11/03/donald-trumps-newest-adviser-got-her-start-in-tampa-preaching-the-prosperity-gospel/|title=Donald Trump's newest adviser, Paula White, got her start in Tampa|website=Tampa Bay Times|language=en|access-date=2020-02-27}}</ref> According to the book ''Holy Mavericks'', meeting this third-generation preacher was a turning point in her life. The two divorced their spouses in 1989 and married each other a year later, White becoming step-mother to his children.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />  Shortly thereafter they moved to Tampa, Florida, and started ''Without Walls International Church.''<ref name=":2" /> On August 23, 2007, Randy White announced that the couple were divorcing. According to ''[[The Christian Post]],'' White says the divorce was amicable, and they remain friends.<ref name="larryking" /><ref name="christianpost2">{{cite news|last=Kwon|first=Lillian|url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/paula-white-breaks-silence-on-probes-divorce-benny-hinn-49671/|title=Paula White Breaks Silence on Probes, Divorce, Benny Hinn|date=April 1, 2011|newspaper=[[The Christian Post]]|access-date=April 8, 2011}}</ref>

In 2010, White was photographed leaving a hotel in Rome holding hands with televangelist [[Benny Hinn]]. Hinn said “A friendship did develop" though "the relationship is over.” Both denied an affair.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.charismamag.com/site-archives/570-news/featured-news/11683-benny-hinn-admits-friendship-with-paula-white-but-tells-tv-audience-its-over|title=Benny Hinn Admits 'Friendship' With Paula White But Tells TV Audience It's Over|last=Gaines|first=Adrienne S.|work=Charisma Magazine|access-date=September 26, 2018|archive-date=November 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105063839/https://www.charismamag.com/site-archives/570-news/featured-news/11683-benny-hinn-admits-friendship-with-paula-white-but-tells-tv-audience-its-over|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://apprising.org/2010/07/24/reports-of-benny-hinn-and-paula-white-affair-pictures-included/|title=Updated: Reports of Benny Hinn and Paula White Affair (Pictures Included)|last=Silva|first=Ken|date=July 24, 2010|website=Apprising Ministries|access-date=September 26, 2018}}</ref>

At the close of 2014, musician [[Jonathan Cain]] of the rock band [[Journey (band)|Journey]] finalized his divorce from his second wife and became engaged to White, whom he had been seeing during his marriage. On April 27, 2015, the couple married, White becoming step-mother to his children.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.christiantoday.com/article/megachurch.pastor.paula.white.marries.rocker.jonathan.cain/53036.htm |title=Megachurch pastor Paula White marries 'Don't Stop Believin' rocker Jonathan Cain |website=Christian Today |date=April 30, 2015 |access-date=January 20, 2017}}</ref>

===Family===
White has one child, son Bradley Knight from her first marriage, whom she installed as her church senior leader in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.christianpost.com/amp/paula-white-says-trump-wanted-to-build-crystal-cathedral-for-god-with-her-in-charge.html|title=Paula White says Trump wanted to build 'Crystal Cathedral for God' with her in charge - The Christian Post|website=www.christianpost.com|access-date=2020-02-23}}</ref><ref name="Bearden" />

She was stepmother to the three children of her second husband, [[Randy White (pastor)|Randy White]],<ref name="qtr" /> and is stepmother to the three children of her third husband, Jonathan Cain.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2018/4/27/18328713/journey-s-jonathan-cain-writes-of-escaping-our-lady-of-angels-fire-writing-hits|title=Journey's Jonathan Cain writes of escaping Our Lady of Angels fire, writing hits|website=chicago.suntimes.com|date=April 27, 2018 |language=en|access-date=2020-02-23}}</ref>