Donald Trump Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Religion === Trump went to Sunday school and was [[Confirmation|confirmed]] in 1959 at the [[First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica]], Queens.<ref name="BarronNYT">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/06/nyregion/donald-trump-marble-collegiate-church-norman-vincent-peale.html|title=Overlooked Influences on Donald Trump: A Famous Minister and His Church|work=[[The New York Times]]|first=James|last=Barron|author-link=James Barron (journalist)|date=September 5, 2016|access-date=October 13, 2016}}</ref><ref name=inactive>{{cite web|last=Scott|first=Eugene|author-link=Eugene Scott (journalist)|title=Church says Donald Trump is not an 'active member'|url=https://cnn.com/2015/08/28/politics/donald-trump-church-member/|access-date=September 14, 2022|work=[[CNN]]|date=August 28, 2015}}</ref> In the 1970s, his parents joined the [[Marble Collegiate Church]] in Manhattan, which belongs to the [[Reformed Church in America]].<ref name="BarronNYT" /><ref name="WaPo.March.18.17">{{cite news|last=Schwartzman|first=Paul|title=How Trump got religion β and why his legendary minister's son now rejects him|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/how-trump-got-religion--and-why-his-legendary-ministers-son-now-rejects-him/2016/01/21/37bae16e-bb02-11e5-829c-26ffb874a18d_story.html|access-date=March 18, 2017|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=January 21, 2016}}</ref> The pastor at Marble, [[Norman Vincent Peale]],<ref name="BarronNYT" /> ministered to the family until his death in 1993.<ref name="WaPo.March.18.17" /> Trump has described him as a mentor.{{sfn|Kranish|Fisher|2017|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=x2jUDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA81 81]}} In 2015, the church stated that Trump was not an active member.<ref name=inactive /> In 2019, he appointed his personal pastor, televangelist [[Paula White]], to the White House [[Office of Public Liaison]].<ref>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 31, 2019|first1=Jeremy W.|last1=Peters|author-link1=Jeremy W. Peters|first2=Maggie|last2=Haberman|author-link2=Maggie Haberman|title=Paula White, Trump's Personal Pastor, Joins the White House|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/us/politics/paula-white-trump.html|access-date=September 29, 2021}}</ref> In 2020, he said he identified as a [[non-denominational Christian]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Exclusive: Trump, confirmed a Presbyterian, now identifies as 'non-denominational Christian'|url=https://religionnews.com/2020/10/23/exclusive-trump-confirmed-a-presbyterian-now-identifies-as-non-denominational-christian/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024120658/https://religionnews.com/2020/10/23/exclusive-trump-confirmed-a-presbyterian-now-identifies-as-non-denominational-christian/|publisher=[[Religion News Service]]|date=October 23, 2020|archive-date=October 24, 2020|access-date=September 29, 2021|first1=Jack|last1=Jenkins|first2=Maina|last2=Mwaura}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page