"God Has An Order": Donald Trump's Spiritual Adviser Says Wives Should "Submit" To Their Husbands
Paula White-Cain, a senior adviser for President Donald Trump's White House Faith Office, said in a recent interview that she 'submits' to her husband and that 'God designed' men to be leaders of a household.
While speaking to Real America's Voice host Steve Gruber on Wednesday, Cain praised men who are 'returning' to church.
'God is moving mightily, and what's so exciting to me, it's especially among young people and men. Men are the fastest returning to church,' White-Cain said.
'See what she's saying there? Again: Men. We need more fathers, more husbands, more real men,' Gruber said.
'Absolutely,' White-Cain agreed. She added that men 'are becoming the bedrock, which is how God designed it.'
A study published last year by the Survey Center on American Life found that church membership was declining among young women in the U.S. at a higher rate than among young men.
Nearly two-thirds of young women interviewed said they were not treated as equals to men in churches.
White-Cain, a televangelist who has been called President Donald Trump's spiritual adviser, referred to her third husband, Jonathan Cain, as the head of her household, stating, 'God has an order.'
She continued, 'If there's ever a time that a decision has to be made and we don't agree on something, he's the head. It's not hard to submit.'
The White House Faith Office was established via an executive order in February, along with Attorney General Pam Bondi's Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias.
'I'm up here working on the initiatives for President Trump, who's been in ministry for 40 years and understands it,' White-Cain told Gruber. 'But I am so excited about the move of God and, undoubtedly, Bible sales up 22%, people returning to church, and men converting.'
The Faith Office leader has faced backlash for her church's financial practices. A Senate Finance Committee investigation that concluded in 2011 found that that White-Cain's then-ministry, the megachurch Without Walls International, used tax-exempt funds to pay her family members millions of dollars in salaries.
Even right-wing influencer Jon Root told digital news site NOTUS he was concerned about White-Cain's involvement in the White House.
'Anybody that you know holds true to strong biblical conviction and discernment wouldn't be involved with Paula White,' Root told the outlet last month. 'She's 100% a false teacher.'This article originally appeared on HuffPost.
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