President Donald Trump held a National Day of Prayer event at the White House, vowing that America will always be “one nation under God” following the previous administration’s four-year persecution of people of faith.
President Donald Trump also issued an Executive Order establishing a presidential commission on religious liberty.
According to Trump, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick came up with the idea, and he will chair the commission.
Trump has also announced that Ben Carson, who served as housing and urban development secretary during Trump’s first term, will be a member of the commission.
Pastor Paula White, who leads the White House Faith Office, Dr. Phil McGraw, Rabbi Meir Soloveichik, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York,
Bishop Robert Barron of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester; Kelly Shackelford, President and CEO of the First Liberty Institute; and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner.