Send your paycheck or face the wrath of God, says Trump pastor
https://www.metro.us/president-trump/send-paycheck-says-trump-pastor-paula-whiteJanuary 09, 2018
Paula White, who is the head of Trump's "evangelical advisory committee" and led a prayer at his inauguration, is encouraging her followers to make a "first fruits offering" — in this case, their first month's paycheck and to her.
On her website, the senior pastor of the non-denominational New Destiny Christian Center in Florida makes her pitch in a video: "Right now I want you to click on that button, and I want you to honor God with his first fruits offering,†she says. “If God doesn’t divinely step in and intervene, I don’t know what you’re going to face—he does.â€...
...n her website, White, who is married to Jonathan Cain of Journey, author of the song "Don't Stop Believin'," unpacks the "first fruits" concept: “January is the beginning of a new year for us in the Western world. Let us give to God what belongs to him: the first hours of our day, the first month of the year, the first of our increase, the first in every area of our life. The principle of first fruits is that when you give God the first, he governs the rest and redeems in,†she says....