Paula White

{{Short description|American television evangelist}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Paula White
| image = Paula White Cain (51248109303) (cropped).jpg
| caption = White in 2021
| birth_name = Paula Michelle Furr
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|4|20}}
| birth_place = [[Tupelo, Mississippi]], U.S.
| spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|Dean Knight|1984|1989|end=div}}|{{marriage|[[Randy White (pastor)|Randy White]]|1990|2007|end=div}}|{{marriage|[[Jonathan Cain]]|2015}}}}
| children = 1
| website = {{url|paulawhite.org|Official website}}
}}
'''Paula Michelle White-Cain''' (née '''Furr'''; born April 20, 1966) is an American [[televangelist]] and a proponent of [[prosperity theology]].

White became chair of the [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]] advisory board in [[Donald Trump]]'s administration.<ref name="WashPost">{{cite news|last=Zauzmer|first=Julie|date=December 29, 2016|title=Paula White, prosperity preacher once investigated by Senate, is a controversial pick for inauguration|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/12/29/paula-white-prosperity-preacher-once-investigated-by-senate-is-a-controversial-pick-for-inauguration-prayer/|access-date=December 30, 2016}}</ref> She delivered the [[invocation]] at his [[Inauguration of Donald Trump|inauguration]], on January 20, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|date=January 19, 2017|title=Who's who in the inauguration ceremonies|url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/slideshow/2017/01/19/whos-who-in-inauguration-ceremonies.html#/slide/pastor-paula-white|work=[[Fox News]]}}</ref> She is the first female clergy member to deliver the invocation.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/us/trumps-pastor-paula-white.html|title=Paula White, Trump's Spiritual Adviser, Says He Has 'a Hunger for God' (Published 2017)|first=Noah|last=Weiland|work=The New York Times |date=January 20, 2017|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>  In November 2019, Trump appointed her special advisor to the [[Center for Faith and Opportunity Initiatives|Faith and Opportunity Initiative]] at the [[Office of Public Liaison]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Perry|first=Douglas|date=November 4, 2019|title=Paula White, Donald Trump's new adviser, ratchets up rhetoric, denounces 'demonic' networks opposing president's 'calling'|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2019/11/paula-white-donald-trumps-new-white-house-adviser-ratchets-up-fake-news-rhetoric-denouncing-demonic-networks.html|publisher=Oregon Live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Peters|first1=Jeremy W.|last2=Dias|first2=Elizabeth|date=November 2, 2019|title=Paula White, Newest White House Aide, Is a Uniquely Trumpian Pastor|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/02/us/politics/paula-white-trump.html|work=The New York Times}}</ref>

From 2014 until May 2019,<ref name="baptistmay9">{{cite web |url=https://baptistnews.com/article/paula-white-trumps-spiritual-adviser-leaves-florida-church-with-new-ambitions/ |title=Paula White, Trump's spiritual adviser, leaves Florida church with new ambitions |date=May 9, 2019 |website=Baptist News Global |access-date=June 20, 2019}}</ref><ref name="cpresign" /><ref name="huffpostresign" /> she was senior pastor of New Destiny Christian Center, in [[Apopka, Florida]], a [[Nondenominational Christianity|non-denominational]], multicultural [[megachurch]]. She was formerly the co-pastor of Without Walls International Church in [[Tampa, Florida]], a church she co-founded with pastor and then-husband [[Randy White (pastor)|Randy White]] in 1991.

==Early life==
White was born Paula Michelle Furr in [[Tupelo, Mississippi]], the daughter of Myra Joanelle and Donald Paul Furr III. Her parents owned a toy and craft store.<ref name="holymav">{{cite book |last1=Lee |first1=Shayne |first2=Phillip Luke |last2=Sinitiere |title=Holy Mavericks |publisher=New York University Press |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-8147-5235-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OC__qJdUgeMC&q=holy%20mavericks&pg=PA107 |pages=107–128}}</ref>
Donald and Myra Furr's marriage began to fail when White was five years old. White's mother left Tupelo and took her to [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]]; her separation from her husband and his subsequent suicide drove White, her brother, and her mother into poverty.<ref name="cbn">{{cite web |url=http://www.cbn.com/700club/Guests/Interviews/Paula_White063005.aspx |title=Turning Trash into Treasure: The Testimony of Paula White |first1=Steve |last1=Hubbard |first2=Lisa |last2=Ryan |year=2007 |publisher=[[Christian Broadcasting Network]] |access-date=September 11, 2007}}</ref> White's mother became an alcoholic. While she worked, her daughter was looked after by caregivers. White has said that she was sexually and physically abused between the ages of six and thirteen by different people on different occasions. She has said that during that time, she suffered from [[bulimia]].<ref name="qtr">{{cite news |first=Sherri |last=Day |title=Questions tarnish rise to top |newspaper=[[St. Petersburg Times]] |date=July 15, 2007 |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2007/07/15/Hillsborough/Questions_tarnish_ris.shtml |access-date=September 11, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070920131436/http://www.sptimes.com/2007/07/15/Hillsborough/Questions_tarnish_ris.shtml |archive-date=September 20, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="larryking">{{cite web |first=Larry |last=King |title=Interview with Paula White |website=CNN |date=November 27, 2007 |url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0711/26/lkl.01.html |access-date=April 15, 2011}}</ref><ref name="OrlandoMag">{{cite web |title=Holy High Roller |url=http://www.orlandomagazine.com/Orlando-Magazine/May-2012/Holy-High-Roller/ |first=Mark |last= Pinsky |date=May 1, 2012 |website=Orlando Magazine |access-date=December 30, 2016}}</ref>

White's mother remarried to a two-star admiral in the [[United States Navy]] when White was nine years old. Her family moved to the [[Washington, D.C.]] area when her stepfather was stationed at the [[National Naval Medical Center]]. White graduated from [[Seneca Valley High School]] in [[Germantown, Maryland]].<ref name="OrlandoMag"/><ref name="wp1">{{cite news |first=Hamil R. |last=Harris |title=My Story Is a Story of Restoration |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=December 16, 2004 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1888-2004Dec15.html |access-date=April 15, 2011}}</ref>

While living in Maryland in 1984, she converted to Christianity at the [[Damascus, Maryland|Damascus]] [[Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)|Church of God]]. She later claimed to have received a vision from God shortly after her conversion.<ref name="holymav"/>

==Ministry==
===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>

===Bankruptcy===
By 2008, three years after purchasing the Lakeland property, Without Walls International put both locations up for sale due to financial difficulties. The Evangelical Christian Credit Union began foreclosure proceedings on both properties later that year. Selling two parcels of land to the city of Lakeland allowed for a settlement with the credit union in 2009, modifying the mortgage through 2013. In November 2011, while White was still senior pastor of the location, her ex-husband Randy White said that the Lakeland property was on the verge of being sold or going into foreclosure.<ref name="auto"/> By October 2012, the Tampa property was under foreclosure proceedings by the Evangelical Christian Credit Union after failure to pay loans. In a counterclaim filed at that time, Without Walls International claimed that White had taken audio equipment owned by the church to her new church in Apopka.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/lender-tampas-without-walls-seeks-bankruptcy-to-dodge-foreclosure/2170016 |title=Lender: Tampa's Without Walls seeks bankruptcy to dodge foreclosure |last=Sheehan |first=Keeley |date=March 13, 2014 |newspaper=The Ledger |access-date=July 4, 2019}}</ref>

On March 4, 2014, when White was the senior pastor of New Destiny Christian Center in Apopka, Without Walls International Church filed for [[Chapter 11]] federal [[bankruptcy]] protection. In response, the Evangelical Christian Credit Union, which said the church owed it $29 million, called the filing a "litigation tactic" to prevent the [[foreclosure]] of two church locations.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/lender-tampas-without-walls-seeks-bankruptcy-to-dodge-foreclosure/2170016 |title=Lender: Tampa's Without Walls seeks bankruptcy to dodge foreclosure |last=Sheehan |first=Keeley |date=March 13, 2014 |newspaper=Tampa Bay Times |access-date=August 4, 2017}}</ref> In a television interview with [[Erin Burnett]] at [[CNN]], White stated, "I've never filed bankruptcy. I had resigned Without Walls. I had absolutely no part."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1701/05/ebo.01.html |title=Interview with Televangelist Paula White |date=January 5, 2017 |author=Erin Burnett OutFront |author-link=Erin Burnett OutFront |website=CNN |access-date=June 20, 2019}}</ref>

===Paula White Ministries===
White recorded the first broadcast of ''Paula White Today'' in December 2001. By 2006, her show appeared on nine television networks, including [[Trinity Broadcast Network]], [[Daystar Television Network|Daystar]], and [[Black Entertainment Television]]<ref name="holymav"/><ref name="wp1"/><ref name="aa">{{cite web|url=http://www.apostasyalert.org/REFLECTIONS/Paula_White_Blush.htm|title=Paula White: Unable to Blush|last=Alnor|first=Jackie|date=October 21, 2006|website=Apostasy Alert|access-date=September 11, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929061432/http://www.apostasyalert.org/REFLECTIONS/Paula_White_Blush.htm|archive-date=September 29, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

''[[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]]'' magazine said of White, "You know you're on to something new and significant when the most popular woman preacher on the Black Entertainment Network is a white woman."<ref name="cnw">{{cite press release |website=Christian Communication Network |date=February 22, 2007 |title=Renowned Life Coach 'Paula White' Offers Transformational Advice to Young, Hurting, Promiscuous Women on 'The Tyra Banks Show' Today |url=http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/156562304.html |access-date=September 11, 2007}}</ref>

White considers [[T. D. Jakes|T.D. Jakes]] her spiritual father. Jakes invited her to speak at his "Woman Thou Art Loosed" conference in 2000. She also participated in the Mega Fest, hosted by Jakes in [[Atlanta]], in 2004, 2005 and 2008.<ref name="wsbtv">{{cite web |title=Mega Church Festival Arrives |url=http://www.wsbtv.com/community/3451412/detail.html |date=October 21, 2006 |access-date=April 15, 2011 |website=[[WSBTV]] |first=JaQuitta |last=Williams |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040626054728/http://www.wsbtv.com/community/3451412/detail.html |archive-date=June 26, 2004 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="PRNewswire">{{cite web |title=Bishop T.D. Jakes & The Potter's House Present MegaFest International in South Africa |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bishop-t-d-jakes--the-potters-house-present-megafest-international-in-south-africa-57347817.html |date=May 30, 2008 |access-date=December 30, 2016 |website=PR Newswire |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113035539/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bishop-t-d-jakes--the-potters-house-present-megafest-international-in-south-africa-57347817.html |archive-date=January 13, 2018}}</ref>

White has ministered to [[Michael Jackson]], [[Gary Sheffield]], and [[Darryl Strawberry]].<ref name="holymav"/> She was the personal pastor to Darryl Strawberry, starting in 2003 following Strawberry's release from prison for cocaine possession. Charisse Strawberry, Darryl's wife at the time, worked as an assistant to White, accompanying her on speaking engagements.<ref name="wp1"/><ref name="dallas1">{{cite news|title=Strawberrys find a home with Pastor Paula|last=Delgado|first=Berta|date=April 7, 2004|newspaper=[[The Dallas Morning News]]}}</ref><ref name="spt1">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3j1SAAAAIBAJ&dq=paula-white&pg=4660%2C2897005|title=Pastors Pray with Jackson|last=Varian|first=Bill|date=December 23, 2003|newspaper=[[St. Petersburg Times]]|access-date=April 15, 2011}}</ref> She is the "personal life coach" of [[Tyra Banks]] and appeared on her show, the ''[[Tyra Banks Show]]'', in an episode on promiscuity on October 4, 2006.<ref name="aa" />

On December 31, 2011, the board of New Destiny Christian Church in Apopka, Florida, announced it had appointed White to succeed Zachery Tims as the new senior pastor. New Destiny Christian Center had been searching for a replacement since his death in August 2011.<ref name="fox13">{{cite web |first=Josh |last=Cascio |title=Church taps Paula White as new leader |website=[[WTVT]] |date=December 30, 2011 |url=http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/news/local/hillsborough/paula-white-new-destiny-122911 |access-date=January 11, 2012 |archive-date=April 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420101120/http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/news/local/hillsborough/paula-white-new-destiny-122911 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Tims' ex-wife Riva filed a lawsuit against the board of directors but quickly dropped it, citing a [[Indemnity#US Contracts|hold harmless]] clause in her 2009 marital settlement agreement.<ref name="euroweb">{{cite web |first=Mona |last=Austin |title=Riva Tims Can't Sue; Paula White Now Pastor of New Destiny |website=[[EuroWeb]] |date=January 3, 2012 |url=http://www.eurweb.com/2012/01/riva-tims-paula-white-new-destiny/ |access-date=January 11, 2012 |archive-date=January 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108044654/http://www.eurweb.com/2012/01/riva-tims-paula-white-new-destiny/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Upon hearing of the controversy, White addressed the New Destiny Christian Center during a service that she was leading: "I'm not asking you to like me. I'm not asking you to love me or respect me, because I'll do the work to earn that. I always ask people to give me one year of your life and I promise you will be changed."<ref name="euroweb"/>

On January 1, 2012, White officially became the senior pastor for New Destiny Christian Center in Apopka.<ref name="church">{{cite web |url=http://www.ndcc.tv/about/about-ndcc/our-pastor-paula-white |title=Our Pastor |date=March 4, 2013 |website=New Destiny Christian Center |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304115025/http://www.ndcc.tv/about/about-ndcc/our-pastor-paula-white |archive-date=March 4, 2013 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Her philanthropic work in the community along with New Destiny Christian Center has been publicly acknowledged by the mayor of Apopka: "Her church's mentoring of school students, donating food to the needy, assisting families victimized by violence and ministering to help young women trapped in the adult entertainment industry has been inspiring," said Apopka Mayor Joe Kilsheimer. "What I see her doing in the community... is of tremendous value to Apopka and northwest Orange County."<ref name="orlandomagazine.com">{{cite web|last1=Leusner|first1=Jim|last2=Glenn|first2=Barry|date=July 2017|title=50 Most Powerful 2017: Philanthropy & Community Voices|url=http://www.orlandomagazine.com/Orlando-Magazine/July-2017/50-Most-Powerful-2017-Philanthropy-Community-Voices/|access-date=June 20, 2019|website=Orlando Magazine.com}}</ref>

On May 5, 2019, White announced that she was stepping down as senior pastor of New Destiny Christian Center and that her son and his wife would become the new senior pastors.<ref name=cpresign /><ref name=huffpostresign /><ref name=baptistmay9 /> The church would also be renamed City of Destiny. White said she would help start 3,000 churches and a university.<ref name=cpresign>{{cite news |url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/paula-white-installs-son-as-pastor-of-her-church-plans-to-plant-3000-churches-start-university.html |title=Paula White installs son as pastor of her church; plans to plant 3,000 churches, start university |first=Leonardo |last=Blair |date=May 8, 2019 |newspaper=Christian Post |access-date=June 20, 2019}}</ref><ref name=huffpostresign>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/paula-white-trump-church_n_5cd2e310e4b0a7dffccfa91e |title=Paula White, Trump's Spiritual Adviser, Leaves Florida Church With New Ambitions |first=Carol |last=Kuruvilla |date=May 8, 2019 |website=HuffPost |access-date=June 20, 2019}}</ref><ref name=baptistmay9 />

Commenting in March 2020 about her ministry and the [[COVID-19]] outbreak, White said, "We are a hospital for those who are soul sick, those who are spiritually sick," and, citing Psalm 91, solicited donations of $91 or, "maybe $9 or whatever God tells you to do." She did let donors know that the money wouldn't go to victims of the disease.<ref name=MJ>[https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/03/trumps-spiritual-adviser-paula-white-is-using-the-coronavirus-crisis-to-bankroll-her-church/ Trump’s Spiritual Adviser Paula White Is Using the Coronavirus Crisis to Bankroll Her Church], ''[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]] ''Will Peischel'', March 18, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2020.</ref> After widespread criticism of an Arizona event scheduled for April 9, 2020, for which she had promised "supernatural protection," she withdrew from the fundraiser.<ref name=AR_1 >{{ cite news | url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2020/03/15/trump-adviser-pulls-out-religious-event-promising-protection-covid-19/5055788002/ | title=Trump adviser Paula White pulls out of religious event promising protection from coronavirus | last=Morin | first=Richard | newspaper=[[Arizona Republic]] | date=2020-03-15 | access-date=2020-04-14 }}</ref>

=== Trump administration ===
White became a personal minister to [[Donald Trump]] after he watched her television show;<ref name="Shellnutt">{{cite web|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2017/january-web-only/paula-white-donald-trump-prayer-partner-inauguration.html|title=The Story Behind Trump's Controversial Prayer Partner|last=Shellnutt|first=Kate|date=January 19, 2017|website=Christianity Today|access-date=January 21, 2017}}</ref> he first contacted White by telephone in 2002.<ref name="newsweek-who">{{cite news|url=http://www.newsweek.com/president-donald-trump-paula-white-prosperity-gospel-655064|title=Who Is Paula White, Donald Trump's Favorite Pastor?|last=Gaffey|first=Conor|date=August 25, 2017|newspaper=Newsweek|access-date=June 20, 2019}}</ref> He brought her to [[Atlantic City]] on multiple occasions for private Bible studies, and has appeared on her television show.<ref name="holymav" /> In June 2016, White was credited by [[James Dobson]] for having converted Trump to Christianity.<ref name="CPDobson">{{cite web|url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/james-dobson-says-paula-white-led-donald-trump-to-jesus-christ-165844/|title=James Dobson says Paula White led Donald Trump to Jesus Christ|last=Smith|first=Samuel|date=June 29, 2016|access-date=December 30, 2016|newspaper=Christian Post}}</ref> White was part of Trump's Evangelical Advisory Board during his campaign for president, and she provided the invocation prayer during Trump's inauguration ceremony.<ref name="CPPaulaWhite">{{cite news|url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/paula-white-on-donald-trumps-christian-faith-exclusive-interview-166205/|title=Paula White on Donald Trump's Christian Faith (Exclusive Interview)|last=Nazworth|first=Napp|date=July 8, 2016|newspaper=Christian Post|access-date=December 30, 2016}}</ref><ref name="CNNInauguration">{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/28/politics/donald-trump-faith-leaders-inauguration/|title=Franklin Graham, Paula White among faith leaders participating in Trump Inauguration|last=Scott|first=Eugene|date=December 29, 2016|website=CNN|access-date=December 30, 2016}}</ref>

From when Trump took office, White had served as one of the president's spiritual advisors and had held various prayer circles with him in the White House, including in the Oval Office.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Weaver |first=Hilary |date=July 12, 2017 |title=Donald Trump's Oval Office Prayer Circle, Explained |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/07/donald-trump-oval-office-prayer-circle-explained |magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |access-date=August 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Trump's spiritual adviser seeks his protection from 'demonic networks' at reelection rally |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/06/19/paula-white-donald-trump-orlando-rally-demonic-networks/ |access-date=2023-03-31 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> One notable prayer moment was White initiating prayer with President Trump on February 27,2020 at the African American History Month Reception in the Cabinet Room.<ref>{{Cite web |title=File:African American History Month Reception (49595665163).jpg - Wikipedia |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:African_American_History_Month_Reception_(49595665163).jpg |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=commons.wikimedia.org |date=February 27, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> White led black leaders to lay hands on President Trump, a moment that aided President Trump's appeal with the black community following their concerns with him before he was elected.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |title=Black pastors demand apology from Donald Trump |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/donald-trump-black-pastors-meeting-216277 |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=POLITICO |date=November 30, 2015 |language=en}}</ref> In 2015, Black Pastors called for then presidential candidate Trump to apologize for unfair treatment of the African American community, and "also to Mexicans for his inflammatory rhetoric".<ref name=":02" /> White, with assistance from her own ministry board advisor, [[Jack Graham (pastor)|Jack Graham]], has had an ongoing spiritual collaboration with Trump.<ref name="Shellnutt" /> White enthusiastically supported Trump's 2017 decision to recognize [[Positions on Jerusalem|Jerusalem as the capital of Israel]].<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Erasmus |date=December 7, 2017 |title=Christianity and Jerusalem: Donald Trump's Jerusalem move sparks Christian disputes |url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/erasmus/2017/12/christianity-and-jerusalem |magazine=[[The Economist]] |access-date=December 9, 2017}}</ref>

White also supported Trump for his reelection. On June 18, 2020, when Trump launched his reelection campaign, she opened in prayer.<ref name=":03">{{Cite web |last1=Blair |first1=Leonardo |last2=Reporter |first2=Senior Features |date=2019-10-24 |title=Paula White: Christians will 'stand accountable before God' if they vote against Trump |url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/paula-white-christians-will-stand-accountable-before-god-if-they-vote-against-trump.html |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=The Christian Post |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Trump's spiritual adviser seeks his protection from 'demonic networks' at reelection rally |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/06/19/paula-white-donald-trump-orlando-rally-demonic-networks/ |access-date=2023-03-31 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> She further used her religious notoriety to seek votes on Trump's behalf. She warned that "Christians that don't support President Trump will have to answer to God".<ref name=":03" /> On November 4, 2020, one day after the election in which Trump was standing for his second term, White appeared in a Facebook Live stream in which she conducted a prayer service to secure Trump's reelection, repeatedly calling on "angelic reinforcement" from "angels" from Africa and South America as well as "an abundance of rain." This was after it became apparent from election results that Trump was losing to Biden. The video featured White leading the impassioned prayer that included [[speaking in tongues]]. It quickly went viral across the Internet and received much criticism and ridicule.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Grantham-Philips |first1=Wyatte |title=Pastor Paula White calls on angels from Africa and South America to bring Trump victory |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/11/05/paula-white-trumps-spiritual-adviser-african-south-american-angels/6173576002/ |website=USA TODAY |access-date=2020-11-05 |date=2020-11-05}}</ref>

At the rally preceding the [[Donald Trump#January 6 Capitol attack|January 6 Capitol attack]], she offered the opening prayer before Trump's speech.<ref>{{cite web|title=How the Christian right helped foment insurrection|periodical=Revealnews|publisher=Center for Investigative Reporting|url=https://revealnews.org/article/how-the-christian-right-helped-foment-insurrection/|url-status=|format=|access-date=2022-06-30|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Sarah Posner|date=2021-01-31|language=en|pages=|quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Rally on Electoral College Vote Certification|periodical=[[C-SPAN]]|publisher=|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?507744-1/rally-electoral-college-vote-certification|url-status=|format=Streaming-Video; 4:50 Stunden, Whites Gebet ab 5:10 Minuten|access-date=2022-06-30|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=|year=|language=en|pages=|quote=}}</ref>

== Politics ==

On October 31, 2019, the White House announced that White would serve in an official advisory role for the [[Center for Faith and Opportunity Initiatives|Center for Faith and Opportunity Initiative]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Peters |first1=Jeremy W. |last2=Haberman |first2=Maggie |date=2019-10-31 |title=Paula White, Trump's Personal Pastor, Joins the White House |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/us/politics/paula-white-trump.html |access-date=2022-04-15 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-01 |title=Paula White to head Trump's faith office |url=https://religionnews.com/2019/11/01/paula-white-to-head-trumps-faith-office/ |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=Religion News Service |language=en-US}}</ref> 

On May 7, 2020, White delivered the opening remarks for a National Day of Prayer ceremony.<ref>{{Cite web |title=File:National Day of Prayer (49882362303).jpg - Wikipedia |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:National_Day_of_Prayer_(49882362303).jpg |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=commons.wikimedia.org |date=May 7, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

White stood as an advocate for Trump's immigration policy.<ref name=":04">{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Ryan W. |title=Trump spiritual adviser: Jesus wouldn't have been Messiah if he broke immigration law |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/07/11/trump-faith-adviser-messiah-wouldnt-immigrate-illegally/777570002/ |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref> She also defended the Trump administration's policy of detaining immigrant children, claiming conditions were not inhumane.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |title=Fact or Fake: Megachurch pastor and Trump spiritual adviser Paula White says media wrong about deplorable conditions on the border |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/fact-or-fake/os-op-fact-or-fake-paula-white-trump-border-detention-children-20190712-2qzfaw5nyfc6lomw7cboli2ili-story.html |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Orlando Sentinel|date=July 12, 2019 }}</ref>  Concerning the conditions of a particular facility, The Associated Press stated "the facility was packed with hundreds of underfed, unwashed children-some of them sick with the flu, - forced to look after each other in the absence of the adults".<ref name=":12" /> But White claimed, that following visits to these facilities, detained youth received "three square meals a day".<ref name=":04" /> Additionally, White said that "the deplorable conditions reported by opportunistic journalists and immigration lawyers just are not there" because youth were "crowded" but in a facility that was "deep cleaned" on a daily basis and housed "smiling and laughing children" who played games.<ref name=":12" />

==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>

== Finance Committee investigation ==
Along with other televangelists, her ministry Without Walls International Church was the subject of an [[United States Senate inquiry into the tax-exempt status of religious organizations|inconclusive 2007–2011 Senate Finance Committee investigation]]. The committee had investigated financial improprieties that could have affected the religious organization’s tax-exempt status.<ref>{{cite news |title= Televangelists escape penalty in Senate inquiry |url= http://www.nbcnews.com/id/40960871/ns/politics-capitol_hill/t/televangelists-escape-penalty-senate-inquiry/ |first= Rachel |last= Zoll |date= January 7, 2011 |website=NBC News |access-date=June 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Paula White, Trump's Spiritual Adviser, Says He Has 'a Hunger for God' |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/us/trumps-pastor-paula-white.html |first= Noah |last=Weiland |date=January 19, 2017 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=June 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/06/AR2007110602079.html |title=GOP Senator Investigates Spending at Several TV Ministries |last=Salmon |first= Jacqueline L. |date=November 7, 2007 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=August 4, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/08/us/politics/08churches.html|title=Tax-Exempt Ministries Avoid New Regulation |last=Goodstein|first=Laurie|date= 2011-01-07|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-11-06|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> According to the report, Without Walls received $150 million as donations from 2004 to 2006 and the church spent tax-exempt ministry funds one year to pay nearly $900,000 for the couple's waterfront mansion, paid salaries to the family members and also paid for their private jet. No additional action was taken on the issued report.<ref name="CNN-critics"/><ref name=MJ/>

== Criticism ==
White was criticized by Christian rapper [[Shai Linne]] in a song called "Fal$e Teacher$".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/who-is-paula-white-donald-trumps-spiritual-counselor-2-135501897.html |title=Who is Paula White, Donald Trump's 'spiritual counselor'? |first=Jon |last= Ward |date=July 2, 2016 |website= Yahoo! News |access-date= June 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Steffan |first=Melissa |title=Reformed Rapper Calls Out 12 Popular Pastors as 'False Teachers' |url=http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctliveblog/archives/2013/04/reformed-rapper-shai-linne-false-teachers-joel-osteen-joyce-meyer-td-jakes.html |access-date=April 15, 2013 |newspaper=[[Christianity Today]] |date=April 11, 2013 |archive-date=April 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130414024833/http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctliveblog/archives/2013/04/reformed-rapper-shai-linne-false-teachers-joel-osteen-joyce-meyer-td-jakes.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Lu|first=Angela|title=Rapper calls out Osteen, prosperity preachers |url=http://www.worldmag.com/2013/04/rapper_calls_out_osteen_prosperity_preachers |access-date=April 16, 2013 |newspaper=[[World (magazine)|World]] |date=April 9, 2013}}</ref>

==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>

== Bibliography ==

Books by Paula White include:
* ''He Loves Me He Loves Me Not: What Every Woman Needs to Know about Unconditional Love But Is Afraid to Feel,'' 2004<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lFIMAAAACAAJ|title=He Loves Me He Loves Me Not: What Every Woman Needs to Know about Unconditional Love But Is Afraid to Feel|last=White|first=Paula|date=2004|publisher=Charisma Media|isbn=978-1-59185-455-5|language=en}}</ref>
* ''Simple Suggestions for a Sensational Life'', 2005<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Md87AAAACAAJ&q=simple+suggestions+white|title=Simple Suggestions for a Sensational Life|last=White|first=Paula|date=2005|publisher=Thomas Nelson Incorporated|isbn=978-1-4041-0293-4|language=en}}</ref>
* ''Deal With It!: You Cannot Conquer What You Will Not Confront'', 2006<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kuINv08jYAUC|title=Deal With It!: You Cannot Conquer What You Will Not Confront|last=White|first=Paula|date=2006-02-05|publisher=Thomas Nelson|isbn=978-1-4185-1345-0|language=en}}</ref>
* ''You're All That!'', 2007<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m8FYPwAACAAJ|title=You're All That!|last=White|first=Paula|date=2007-11-15|publisher=Faithwords|isbn=978-0-446-19521-8|language=en}}</ref>
* ''Move On, Move Up: Turn Yesterday's Trials into Today's Triumphs'', 2008<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nco4AQAAQBAJ|title=Move On, Move Up: Turn Yesterday's Trials into Today's Triumphs|last=White|first=Paula|date=2008-10-09|publisher=FaithWords|isbn=978-0-446-54484-9|language=en}}</ref>
* ''The Ten Commandments of Health and Wellness'', 2008<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HDDokQEACAAJ|title=The Ten Commandments of Health and Wellness|last=White|first=Paula|date=2008-04-01|publisher=Bronze Bow Publishing|isbn=978-1-932458-60-2|language=en}}</ref>
* ''Fasting Made Simple: Road Map, Results, and Rewards'', 2008<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xcW_kgEACAAJ|title=Fasting Made Simple: Road Map, Results, and Rewards|last=White|first=Paula|date=2008-04-01|publisher=Bronze Bow Publishing|isbn=978-1-932458-58-9|language=en}}</ref>
*''I Don't Get Wholeness... That's the Problem: Making Relationships Work'', 2008<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UlKrkQEACAAJ|title=I Don't Get Wholeness... That's the Problem: Making Relationships Work|last=White|first=Paula|date=2008-04-01|publisher=Bronze Bow Publishing|isbn=978-1-932458-59-6|language=en}}</ref>
*''Dare to Dream: Understand God's Design for Your Life'', 2017<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FMtXDgAAQBAJ|title=Dare to Dream: Understand God's Design for Your Life|last=White|first=Paula|date=2017-04-04|publisher=FaithWords|isbn=978-1-4789-9183-0|language=en}}</ref>
*''Something Greater: Finding Triumph over Trials'', 2019<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BbCHDwAAQBAJ|title=Something Greater: Finding Triumph over Trials|last=White-Cain|first=Paula|date=2019-10-15|publisher=FaithWords|isbn=978-1-5460-3569-5|language=en}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Seven Mountain Mandate]]

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