Paula White

===Without Walls International Church===
The Tampa Christian Center was founded in [[Tampa]], Florida, by the then-married Paula and [[Randy White (pastor)|Randy White]] in 1991. The church struggled financially, and it could not afford to pay the Whites a salary for the first two years. The couple lived on government assistance and the handouts of others. From 1991 to 1998, the church changed locations three times until it secured the property at 2511 North Grady Avenue in Tampa, and changed the name of the church to Without Walls International Church.<ref name="holymav" />

While the church was holding services in an outdoor tent in 1999, it reported 5,000 attendees a week and 10,000 ministered to outside of the church by 230 outreach ministries.<ref name="eagle1">{{cite news |first=John W. |last=Smith |title=A church without a building |newspaper=[[Reading Eagle]] |date=September 24, 1999 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rSIyAAAAIBAJ&dq=paula-white&pg=2306%2C5742710 |access-date=April 15, 2011}}</ref>

Without Walls International Church then purchased the property next door, at 3860 West Columbus Drive, to expand its Tampa campus. The property acquired was a [[Canada Dry]] warehouse, which was remodeled and became the main sanctuary for the church until September 2014.

In 2002, Without Walls International Church began to expand by purchasing the defunct Carpenter's Home Church location in [[Lakeland, Florida]]. At the time, the church reported 14,000 members and 200 ministries including job training, evangelism among public housing projects, and a teen club. Without Walls International Church also began to hold Saturday night services at [[Carpenter's Home Church]] in Lakeland renting the property.<ref name="ledger1">{{cite news |first=Cary |last=McMullen |title=Without Walls Pastor Discusses Arrangement With Carpenter's Church |newspaper=[[The Ledger]] |date=July 27, 2002 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jzYxAAAAIBAJ&dq=paula-white&pg=3720%2C4243357 |access-date=April 15, 2011}}</ref><ref name="ledger2">{{cite news |first=Cary |last=McMullen |title=Local Church To Share Chapel |newspaper=[[The Ledger]] |date=July 17, 2002 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B78wAAAAIBAJ&dq=paula-white&pg=5352%2C4667090 |access-date=April 15, 2011}}</ref> Carpenter's Home Church would later be purchased by Without Walls International Church in 2005 for $8 million, with the church renamed Without Walls Central Church.<ref name=ledger3>{{cite news |url=http://www.theledger.com/article/20101210/NEWS/101219966 |title=Former Without Walls pastor starts foundation in daughter's name |date=December 10, 2010 |access-date=April 15, 2011 |first=Cary |last=McMullen |newspaper=[[The Ledger]] |archive-date=September 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907125421/http://www.theledger.com/article/20101210/NEWS/101219966 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2004, Without Walls International Church reported a congregation of 20,000, the largest congregation in the area and the seventh-largest church in the [[United States]].<ref name="spt2">{{cite news |first=Sharon |last=Tubbs |title=Selling God to the masses |newspaper=[[St. Petersburg Times]] |date=June 17, 2004 |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2004/06/17/Floridian/Selling_God_to_the_ma.shtml |access-date=April 15, 2011}}</ref> An audit later made public by a [[United States Senate]] committee chaired by Iowa Republican [[Chuck Grassley]] showed that Without Walls received $150 million from 2004 to 2006.<ref name="CNN-critics">{{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/05/politics/paula-white-critics/index.html |title=Trump's spiritual adviser, Paula White, fires back at critics |first=Daniel |last=Burke |date=January 6, 2017 |website=CNN |access-date=June 20, 2019}}</ref> The Senate report found the church White operated with her now ex-husband spent tax-exempt ministry funds one year to pay nearly $900,000 for the couple's waterfront mansion, over a million dollars in salaries to family members and paid for the Whites' private jet. White and her church did not cooperate with the investigation. In 2011, Grassley issued a report outlining his committee's findings but took no additional action.<ref name=MJ/>

On July 12, 2009, White became the senior pastor of the church that she had co-founded, replacing her former husband, Randy White, who stated that he was stepping down as pastor for health reasons but would remain connected with the church in a different position.<ref name=christianpost1>{{cite news |url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/paula-white-returns-to-lead-ailing-megachurch-39668/ |title=Paula White Returns to Lead Ailing Megachurch |date=July 12, 2009 |access-date=April 8, 2011 |first=Eric |last=Young |newspaper=[[The Christian Post]]}}</ref><ref name=spt3>{{cite news |url=http://www.tampabay.com/news/article1038599.ece |title=Former Without Walls pastor starts foundation in daughter's name |date=September 25, 2009 |access-date=April 15, 2011 |first=Amy |last=Scherzer |newspaper=[[St. Petersburg Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015113937/http://www.tampabay.com/news/article1038599.ece |archive-date=October 15, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On January 1, 2011, after the resignation of Scott Thomas, White became the senior pastor of the [[Without Walls Central Church]] in [[Lakeland, Florida]], church, making her the pastor of both locations.<ref name="ledger3"/> In August of that year, services ceased when electricity was disconnected after failure to pay over $50,000 in bills.<ref name="auto">{{cite news |url=https://www.theledger.com/news/20111226/future-in-doubt-for-without-walls-central-church-property |title=Future In Doubt for Without Walls Central Church Property |last=White |first=Gary |date=Dec 26, 2011 |newspaper=The Ledger |access-date=July 4, 2019}}</ref> One year later, on January 1, 2012, she became senior pastor of New Destiny Christian Center as well. On June 20, 2012, her ex-husband Randy White resumed leadership of the Tampa location.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/randy-white-returns-tells-without-walls-forget-the-past.html |title=Randy White Returns; Tells Without Walls 'Forget the Past' |last=Kwon |first=Lillian |date=June 26, 2012 |newspaper=Christian Post |access-date=July 4, 2019}}</ref>