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One faith leader is offering his praise of the Trump administration, stating it has brought faith back to the public square. JP De Gance, founder and president of Communio, a non-profit ministry that trains churches on how to evangelize, praised the administration\u2019s faith focus. He stated he believes it may be pushing religious revival as he shared anecdotal evidence of churches reporting membership growth. \u201cThere’s causality from the culture into politics and from politics that influences the culture, and I think we’re seeing that duality play out. Religious non-affiliation had been growing for about 40 years, and it’s flatlined over the last four years. That’s a real change in trends,\u201d he told Fox News Digital<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

He pointed to the \u201chuge difference\u201d between the Trump administration and the Biden administration. \u201cWhen you look at the Biden administration, his final Easter celebration had a proclamation of \u2018Transgender Day\u2019 instead of an Easter proclamation. I think you had a last administration that was seen by a lot of people of faith as being actively hostile to faith, and now I think a view that there’s an openness and an interest by the current administration to more embrace faith in their work and in their actions,\u201d he said. The Biden administration also saw the arrest of 23 pro-life activists<\/a> arrested for violating the FACE Act, with the administration claiming the activists had blocked access to abortion services. President Trump would later pardon the activists after coming into office.<\/p>\n

Many of the top brass in the administration have spoken openly about their faith, including Vice President JD Vance, who shared his faith during the memorial service for slain TPUSA founder and Christian activist Charlie Kirk. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a Catholic, appeared openly with ashes on his forehead<\/a> for Ash Wednesday. President Trump has openly discussed faith as well, calling America a \u201cnation of believers\u201d in a statement for Easter<\/a>. \u201cThese are times where a president can be a comforter in chief, and I think it’s appropriate for the president, members of the administration to not compartmentalize and shelve their faith in these moments. I think when there are times of great suffering, I think that it’s an opportunity to also embrace our faith,\u201d DeGance said.<\/p>\n

Following his interview with Fox News Digital<\/em>, DeGance called on the Trump administration to respond swiftly to anti-ICE activists who stormed Cities Church in St. Paul, MN. \u201cThe American people rightly expect the Department of Justice to do exactly that, sending a clear message that the tyrannical behavior of an angry mob does not strip law-abiding people of their fundamental freedoms,\u201d he said. President Trump called the situation<\/a> \u201chorrible\u201d at a press conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One faith leader is offering his praise of the Trump administration, stating it has brought faith back to the public square. JP De Gance, founder and president of Communio, a non-profit ministry that trains churches on how to evangelize, praised the administration\u2019s faith focus. 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