{"id":2393900,"date":"2025-01-22T15:48:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T20:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/faith-leaders-object-to-bishop-over-inaugural-sermon-that-criticized-trump\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T15:50:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T20:50:40","slug":"faith-leaders-object-to-bishop-over-inaugural-sermon-that-criticized-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/faith-leaders-object-to-bishop-over-inaugural-sermon-that-criticized-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Faith leaders object to bishop over inaugural sermon that criticized Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffaith-leaders-object-to-bishop-over-inaugural-sermon-that-criticized-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2393900&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wow-stop-the-steal-arrivesthe-hour-of-action-video\/\" title=\"WOW! Stop The Steal Arrives\u2026The Hour Of Action[Video]\">faith leaders<\/a> have expressed their disapproval of Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde&#8217;s inaugural sermon, which criticized President\u200c Donald \u2064Trump&#8217;s agenda. During teh politically charged \u200dsermon delivered at the Washington National Cathedral, Budde addressed \u200bTrump and Vice President JD Vance, urging \u200cthe president\u200c to exhibit &#8220;mercy&#8221; towards those who\u2063 are fearful of\u2062 his \u200cleadership.She also highlighted \u2063the virtues of immigrants. The sermon took place during an interfaith\u200b service that\u200b has been a tradition since 1933, aimed at \u200cpromoting unity after Inauguration Day.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Faith leaders object to bishop over inaugural sermon that criticized Trump<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1941492\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Several faith leaders spoke out against Episcopal Washington Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde&rsquo;s inaugural <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3295236\/bishop-tells-trump-be-humble-show-mercy-national-prayer-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"sermon\">sermon<\/a> that criticized President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump's\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> agenda.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>On Tuesday, Budde gave a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">politically charged sermon<\/a> to Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and their families at the Washington National Cathedral. The church hosts interfaith services on the morning after Inauguration Day, a tradition meant to express unity since 1933. Budde, who is a critic of Trump, used the occasion to tell the president to show &ldquo;mercy&rdquo; to those &ldquo;scared&rdquo; he was president, as well as to extol the virtues of immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>Five different Christian faith leaders, most of them vocally conservative, expressed their disapproval of Budde and support for Trump in statements to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For the past four years, the Left has vilified biblically sound pastors for teaching what Scripture says about marriage, gender, and sexuality &mdash; accusing them of preaching politics from the pulpit. Yet, on the very first day of Trump&rsquo;s return to the White House, a woke clergy member hijacks a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-seal-sets-dem-reverend-straight-after-he-mocked-armed-churchgoers\/\" title=\"Former SEAL Sets Dem Reverend Straight After He Mocked Armed Churchgoers\">church service<\/a> to promote partisan rhetoric, personally attacks the President of the United States, and distorts the truth about illegal immigration,&rdquo; said pastor Lucas Miles, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-taps-ex-colleague-of-hunter-bidens-lawyer-to-temporarily-run-doj-criminal-division\/\" title=\"Biden Taps Ex-Colleague Of Hunter Biden\u2019s Lawyer To Temporarily Run DOJ Criminal Division\">senior director<\/a> of TPUSA Faith.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the &ldquo;so-called pastor&rdquo; dishonored the president, country, role of the pulpit, and God.<\/p>\n<p>Pastor John Amanchukwu, who has been vocal in his support for Trump in the past, took a harsher tone.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Many fear a wolf in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nebraska-independent-senate-hopeful-privately-praises-bernie-sanders-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Nebraska independent Senate hopeful privately praises Bernie Sanders - Washington Examiner\">sheep&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s clothing, but there is nothing worse than a wolf in Bishop garments. She&rsquo;s heretical, diabolical, and should have NEVER had the opportunity to minister in the presence of President Donald J. Trump,&rdquo; Amanchukwu said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Bishop Marian Edgar Budde puts the &lsquo;A&rsquo; in apostate!&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Standing for Freedom Center Executive Director Ryan Helfenbein said Budde&rsquo;s sermon &ldquo;completely missed the mark&rdquo; and was a &ldquo;far greater reflection of the liberal sickness so pervasive in American churches than they are on the American president.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As Christians, we have work to do to ensure the Gospel of Jesus Christ is unmistakably clear and that political leftism has no place in God&rsquo;s pulpit,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Jack Brewer said the sermon was an attempt at race-baiting, meant to bring the U.S. &ldquo;back into the pernicious grips of DEI.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The fact that President Trump demanded that God remain as the foundation of America should have received nonpartisan praise from all of our nation&rsquo;s clergy. We are addressing DEI and wokeness in our government and businesses, and it&rsquo;s time to address wokeness in churches as well,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump had harsh words for Budde as well, first saying the church &ldquo;could do much better&rdquo; when asked about the sermon and then going more in depth in a Truth Social <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113870397327465225\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"post\">post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The so-called Bishop who spoke at the National Prayer Service on Tuesday morning was a Radical Left hard line Trump hater. She brought her church into the World of politics in a very ungracious way. She was nasty in tone, and not compelling or smart,&rdquo; he said, going on to point out crimes committed by illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Apart from her inappropriate statements, the service was a very boring and uninspiring one. She is not very good at her job! She and her church owe the public an apology!&rdquo; Trump concluded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1941492\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1941492\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faith leaders criticize bishop for anti-Trump inaugural sermon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2393901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/donald-trump-national-prayer.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[11529,43455,49016,40034],"class_list":["post-2393900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bishop","tag-faith-leaders","tag-inaugural-sermon","tag-trump-criticism"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/donald-trump-national-prayer.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2393900"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2393904,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393900\/revisions\/2393904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2393901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2393900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2393900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2393900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}