Paula White

==Beliefs==
White is a proponent of [[prosperity theology]].<ref name="WashPost"/><ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/16/paula-white-donald-trumps-spiritual-adviser-mega-church-tv-prosperity/ |title= Paula White: who is Donald Trump's spiritual adviser, the mega church and TV prosperity gospel preacher? |last= Ray |first=Rachel |date= April 16, 2017 |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=August 5, 2017}}</ref> White has been criticized for her religious beliefs by theologians and other conservative evangelists. Christian author [[Erick Erickson]] criticized her for agreeing with a man who said Jesus was not the only son of God.<ref name="CNN-critics"/><ref name="ibtimes-who">{{cite web |url= http://www.ibtimes.com/who-pastor-paula-white-donald-trumps-spiritual-adviser-responds-criticism-appearance-2470491 |title=Who Is Pastor Paula White? Donald Trump's Spiritual Adviser Responds to Criticism of Appearance at Inauguration |first=Juliana Rose |last=Pignataro |date=January 5, 2017 |website= [[International Business Times]] |access-date=June 20, 2019}}</ref> White has also been criticized for claiming to have a doctoral degree when she has no college or seminary degree.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/05/09/trump_pastor_paula_white_has_bankruptcy_pretend_doctoral_history.html |title= Trump's Favorite Pastor Has Pretend Doctoral Degree and History With Bankruptcy, of Course |last= Mathis-Lilley |first=Ben |date=May 9, 2017 |website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |access-date=August 5, 2017}}</ref>

White has denied all allegations and criticism of heresy.<ref name="CNN-critics"/><ref name= "ibtimes-who"/> In CNN interview, she responded to some of the criticism saying "I have been called a heretic, an apostate, an adulterer, a charlatan, and an addict. It has been falsely reported that I once filed for bankruptcy and that I deny the Trinity! My life and my decisions have been nowhere near perfect, though nothing like what has been falsely conveyed in recent days."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/05/politics/paula-white-critics/ |title= Trump's spiritual adviser, Paula White, fires back at critics |last=Burke |first= Daniel |date=January 5, 2017 |website=CNN |access-date=August 5, 2017}}</ref>

In July 2018, while discussing immigration, White said that although [[Flight into Egypt|Jesus migrated to live in Egypt]], it was not illegal. If he had broken the law, then he would have been sinful and he would not have been our Messiah. In response, [[William Barber II]] called White a "Christian nationalist" and said that "Jesus was a refugee & did break the law. He was crucified as a felon under Roman law."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Al-Sibai |first1=Noor |title=Trumpvangelicals use Christianity to oppress minorities — the #SlaveholderReligion hashtag highlights how |url= https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/trumpvangelicals-use-christianity-oppress-minorities-slaveholderreligion-hashtag-highlights/ |website=[[Raw Story]] |access-date=July 12, 2018 | quote=On Wednesday, Barber called out “Christian nationalist” and Trump spiritual adviser Paula White for insisting that Jesus’ status as a refugee is different than people who enter American borders without documents. The president’s spiritual adviser argued that people are taking the Bible “out of context” with their comparisons between Christ and Central Americans fleeing violence — a distinction Barber suggested is an example of the slaveholder religion mentality. “Jesus was a refugee & did break the law,” Rev. Barber tweeted. “He was crucified as a felon under Roman law.” He called White a “Christian nationalist” and charged her with “enabling injustice” with her Biblical interpretations that echo the slaveholder religion ethos.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-spiritual-adviser-jesus-refugee-paula-white_us_5b4638bce4b0bc69a783160a |title=Trump's Spiritual Adviser: Sure, Jesus Was A Refugee, But He Didn't Do Anything Illegal |last= Kuruvilla |first= Carol |date=July 11, 2018 |work= Huffington Post |access-date= September 26, 2018}}</ref>

In January 2020, White was criticized for a sermon in which she prayed for the miscarriage of "all Satanic pregnancies." White later wrote on [[Twitter]] that the comment had been a metaphor, and a reference to [[Ephesians 6]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Trump Spiritual Advisor Calls for Miscarriage of 'Satanic Pregnancies'|url=https://time.com/5771920/trump-paula-white-miscarriage-satanic-pregnancies/|access-date=2020-01-26|magazine=Time|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-26|title=Paula White's sermon comment about 'Satanic pregnancies' goes viral|url=https://religionnews.com/2020/01/26/paula-whites-sermon-comment-about-satanic-pregnancies-goes-viral/|access-date=2020-01-26|website=Religion News Service|language=en-US}}</ref>

In December 2021, White participated in the "Prayer Rally for Peace on the Korean Peninsula," hosted by the [[Unification Church]]’s Universal Peace Federation. During the event, she called [[Hak Ja Han|Hak Ja Han Moon]], the widow of Unification Church founder [[Sun Myung Moon]], “a jewel from God” and lauded “Mother Moon for her great work as a spiritual leader who loves the Lord and seeks to carry out and to comfort the heart of God in all the areas of conflict in the world.”<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-12-18|title=Paula White Honors 'True Mother' Moon at Interfaith Prayer Rally for Korean Unification|url=https://faithfullymagazine.com/paula-white-tue-mother-moon/|access-date=2021-12-20|website=Faithfully Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref>