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Timeline of instances of “evangelical leaders” meeting with Trump

I have tried to trace the photos of different gatherings with Trump in chronological order. Click the link to see the photos. In summary, there are about 49 "evangelical leaders" who have gathered with Trump. About twenty have stayed the same since June 2016 to Oct 2019. Compare below the June 2016 official list of twenty-five, the August 2018 list of those who gathered to celebrate evangelicals and Trump, and the official twenty-five on the Oct 29, 2019 gathering list. 

Update Dec 11, 2019: See also the: List of worship leaders gathering at the White House on Friday, Dec 6, 2019

Update: Dec 22, 2019 5:00 pm Central Time: See also the list of 200 signatories to a letter supporting Trump (after the bombshell Dec 19th Mark Galli Christianity Today editorial. At this Twitter thread, I compiled about 130 notable reactions to the editorial). The list of 200 signatories is similar to the list of "evangelical leaders" listed below who have visited the White House (except it is missing Franklin Graham, Johnnie Moore, and Samuel Rodriguez). None of the signatories are associated with a denomination that provides accountability. None are professors. Almost all have their own ministry that they run independently.   

Update: Jan 6, 2020. I have also identified the people in the Jan 3, 2020 Evangelicals for  Trump group photo with Trump at this post: Evangelicals for Trump Coalition Launch rally at King Jesus International Ministry in Miami on Friday January 3, 2020

List of 49 "evangelical leaders" who have met with Trump in alphabetical order by last name: 

June 2016 August 2018 October 2019
    2. Lourdes Aguirre, President of Eresamerica, President of United Market Solutions (a four-person consultant group). "President of UMS Advisory Board Member of Latinos For Trump Campaign Blessed Hispanic Leader Ready to serve POTUS and White House with Faith Based Initiatives." (New).
1. · Michele Bachmann - Former Congresswoman 31. Michele Bachmann 3. Michelle Bachmann, Former Congresswoman
    4. Pastor Luke Barnett, Senior Pastor of Dream City Church (New).
  25. Gary L Bauer 5. Gary Bauer, President of American Values
2. · A.R. Bernard* (See April 2019 thread. He left Trump's advisory board in Aug 2017) - Senior Pastor and CEO, Christian Cultural Center     
3. · Mark Burns - Pastor, Harvest Praise and Worship Center    
4. · Tim Clinton - President, American Association of Christian Counselors 4. Tim Clinton 6. Dr. Tim Clinton, President of American Association of Christian Counselors
5. · Kenneth and Gloria Copeland - Founders, Kenneth Copeland Ministries 10. Kenneth Copeland (and Gloria)  
  20. David Crank  
    7. Apostle Alberto Delgado, Pastor of Alpha & Omega (New).
6. · James Dobson - Author, Psychologist and Host, My Family Talk 22. James Dobson (and Shirley) 8. Dr. James Dobson, Founder of Dr. James Dobson Family Institute, 9. Shirley Dobson, Co-Founder of Dr. James Dobson Family Institute 
7. · Jerry Falwell, Jr. - President, Liberty University 3. Jerry Falwell Jr. (Becki Falwell)  
8. · Ronnie Floyd* (Last appeared in Aug 2018) - Senior Pastor, Cross Church 33. Ronnie Floyd*  
9. · Jentezen Franklin - Senior Pastor, Free Chapel 14. Jentezen Franklin 10. Pastor Jentezen Franklin, Senior Pastor of Free Chapel
  11. Jim Garlow 11. Pastor Jim Garlow, Senior Pastor of Skyline Church San Diego, left in Nov 2018
  2. Franklin Graham (who attended with daughter Cissie Graham Lynch) 22. Cissie Graham Lynch, Samaritan's Purse
  21. Timothy M. Hill  
10. · Jack Graham - Senior Pastor, Prestonwood Baptist Church 1. Jack Graham (and Deb) 12. Dr. Jack Graham, Senior Pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church
  32. J. D. Greear* (this was his first and last meeting)  
11. · Harry Jackson - Senior Pastor, Hope Christian Church 19. Harry Jackson 13. Pastor Harry Jackson Jr., Senior Pastor of Hope Christian Church
12. · Robert Jeffress - Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church of Dallas 6. Robert Jeffress 14. Pastor Robert Jeffress, Senior Pastor of First Baptist Dallas
13. · David Jeremiah* - Senior Pastor, Shadow Mountain Community Church    
  29. Alveda King  
  17. Marcus and Joni Lamb  
14. · Richard Land – President, Southern Evangelical Seminary    
  7. Greg Laurie (and Cathe) 15. Pastor Greg Laurie, Senior Pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship
15. · James MacDonald* (Resigned from Trump's advisory board in Oct 2016) – Founder and Senior Pastor, Harvest Bible Chapel    
    16. Apostle Guillermo Maldonado, Co-Founder and Senior Pastor of El Rey Jesús
    25. Pastor Gregg Matte, Senior Pastor of First Baptist Houston (New).
  8. Eric Metaxas  
16. · Johnnie Moore - Author, President of The KAIROS Company 23. Johnnie Moore 23. Reverend Johnnie Moore, President of The Kairos Company
17. · Robert Morris - Senior Pastor, Gateway Church 15. Robert Morris (and Debbie) 17. Pastor Robert Morris, Senior Pastor of Gateway Church
18. · Tom Mullins – Senior Pastor, Christ Fellowship­   18. Pastor Tom Mullins, Senior Pastor of Christ Fellowship
  13. Malachi O'Brien  
  26. Tony Perkins 24. Tony Perkins, President of Family Research Council
19. · Ralph Reed - Founder, Faith and Freedom Coalition 24. Ralph Reed (and Jo Anne) 19. Ralph Reed, Founder and Chairman of Faith & Freedom Coalition
20. · James Robison - Founder, Life OUTREACH International 16. James Robison (and Betty)  
  9. Samuel Rodriguez 20. Reverend Samuel Rodriguez, President of National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference
  12. Darrell Scott (Belinda Scott)  
  27. Kelly Shackelford  
22. · Jay Strack - President, Student Leadership University   21. Dr. Jay Strack, Founder of Student Leadership University
21. · Tony Suarez - Executive Vice President, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference    
     
23. · Paula White - Senior Pastor, New Destiny Christian Center 5. Paula White-Cain, and Brad Knight, son of Paula White 1. Pastor Paula White Cain, Senior Pastor of New Destiny Christian Center, passed to son in May 2019
  30. Lester Warner  
  28. Tim Wildmon  
24. · Tom Winters* - Attorney, Winters and King, Inc.    
25. · Sealy Yates – Attorney, Yates and Yates    

 

Timeline of instances and photos of "evangelical leaders" meeting with Trump

 

Sept 28, 2015 at Trump Tower

Jentezen Franklin

 

Jan 25, 2016

Jentezen Franklin

June 2016: List of advisers with

*those who seem to be less involved in November 2019.

The full list of board members, as shared by the campaign:

  1. · Michele Bachmann - Former Congresswoman
  2. · A.R. Bernard* (See April 2019 thread. He left Trump's advisory board in Aug 2017) – Senior Pastor and CEO, Christian Cultural Center 
  3. · Mark Burns - Pastor, Harvest Praise and Worship Center
  4. · Tim Clinton – President, American Association of Christian Counselors
  5. · Kenneth and Gloria Copeland - Founders, Kenneth Copeland Ministries
  6. · James Dobson - Author, Psychologist and Host, My Family Talk
  7. · Jerry Falwell, Jr. - President, Liberty University
  8. · Ronnie Floyd* (Last appeared in Aug 2018) – Senior Pastor, Cross Church
  9. · Jentezen Franklin - Senior Pastor, Free Chapel
  10. · Jack Graham - Senior Pastor, Prestonwood Baptist Church
  11. · Harry Jackson - Senior Pastor, Hope Christian Church
  12. · Robert Jeffress - Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church of Dallas
  13. · David Jeremiah* – Senior Pastor, Shadow Mountain Community Church
  14. · Richard Land – President, Southern Evangelical Seminary
  15. · James MacDonald* (Resigned from Trump's advisory board in Oct 2016) – Founder and Senior Pastor, Harvest Bible Chapel
  16. · Johnnie Moore - Author, President of The KAIROS Company
  17. · Robert Morris - Senior Pastor, Gateway Church
  18. · Tom Mullins – Senior Pastor, Christ Fellowship­
  19. · Ralph Reed – Founder, Faith and Freedom Coalition
  20. · James Robison - Founder, Life OUTREACH International
  21. · Tony Suarez - Executive Vice President, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference
  22. · Jay Strack - President, Student Leadership University
  23. · Paula White - Senior Pastor, New Destiny Christian Center
  24. · Tom Winters* – Attorney, Winters and King, Inc.
  25. · Sealy Yates – Attorney, Yates and Yates

Trump's evangelical advisory board features Bachmann, Falwell

https://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/trump-evangelical-advisory-board-224612

 

Who’s Who of Trump’s ‘Tremendous’ Faith Advisers

The Republican candidate finally names his campaign’s evangelical connections.

https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2016/june-web-only/whos-who-of-trumps-tremendous-faith-advisors.html

 

Meet Donald Trump’s New Evangelical Advisory Board

https://thinkprogress.org/meet-donald-trumps-new-evangelical-advisory-board-6a5bfc5460d7/

 

Jan 20, 2017 Inauguration

Jentezen Franklin

Robert Morris

 

Jan 21, 2017 Inauguration: Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service

Cissie Graham Lynch, David Jeremiah, Ronnie Floyd, Jack Graham, Greg Laurie, Darrell Scott, Harry Jackson, Johnnie Moore 

Franklin Graham

 

Feb 2, 2017 National Prayer Breakfast

Ralph Reed

 

Apr 10, 2017 Neil Gorsuch

Ralph Reed

 

May 3-4, 2017 Executive Order on Religious Freedom.

Greg Laurie, Ronnie Floyd, James Dobson, and Jack Graham

Jentezen Franklin, Darrell Scott, Mark Burns

Johnnie Moore, Tim Clinton

Franklin Graham

Jack Graham and Apostle Maldonado

Ralph Reed

Cissie Graham Lynch and Eric Metaxas

Robert Jeffress

Darrell Scott, Alveda King

Apostle W. T. Jackson, Mark Burns

Tom Mullins including group shot

National Day of Prayer

May 6, 2017

Mark Burns, Darrell Scott, and A.R. Bernard

 

July 12, 14, 2017

Mark Burns, Ronnie Floyd, Robert Jeffress, Johnnie Moore. 

Mark Burns

 

Sept 6, 2017

Johnnie Moore

Robert Jeffress, Mark Burns, James Robison, Darrell Scott.

Good meeting

Burns

 

Oct 6, 2017

Paula White-Cain

 

Nov 8, 2017 Mental Health meeting

Johnnie Moore

 

Dec 8, 2017

Ralph Reed

 

Dec 12, 2017 Recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel

Mark Burns, group shot, Robert Jeffress, Paula White-Cain, Jack Graham, Johnnie Moore, Gary Bauer, Ralph Reed, Tony Perkins, Greg Laurie, Jentezen Franklin, James Dobson, Harry Jackson Jr., Robert Morris, Tim Clinton, Jim Garlow, Apostle G Maldonado

Update: Nov 18, 2019: Mike Evans, from the Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem, is part of this Dec 12, 2017 group, holding the plaque for the award "Friends of Zion" (from his organization).  He claims to be a "member of the Trump Faith Initiative, President Trump's evangelical advisory board." The "board" is no longer official but was only something during the campaign as there seems to be legal limitations on the formality of the group while Trump is president. He has NOT been listed among other lists of Trump's evangelicals but his mustachioed face can be seen in some photos. He released a statement on Nov 18, 2019.

 

Jerusalem Dec 2017

 

 

Dec 17, 2017

Jentezen Franklin, Darrell Scott, Mark Burns

Dec 19, 2017

Jerry Falwell Jr.

Dec 21, 2017

Ralph Reed

Dec 27, 2017

Darrell Scott

 

Feb 15, 2018

Darrell Scott

Mark Burns

 

Mar 20, 2018

Darrell Scott

 

Apr 27, 2018 Meeting on Prison Reform & Redemption Act

Paula White, Darrell Scott, and Johnnie Moore

 

May 1, 2018 Substance Abuse

Paula White-Cain

Cissie Graham Lynch and Eric Metaxas

 

May 18, 2018 Prison Reform Summit

Johnnie Moore

 

June 20, 2018

Darrell Scott

 

July 15, 2018 Youth for Tomorrow event (not at White House)

Paula White-Cain, Jack Graham, Jentezen Franklin, Johnnie Moore, Harry Jackson Jr.

Casual

Jul 22, 2018 State Department Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom

Johnnie Moore

 

 

July 31, 2018 Faith Initiative and Opportunity meeting with Millennial leaders

Paula White-Cain

 

Aug 27, 2018

Jentezen Franklin

Johnnie Moore

Franklin Graham

Ralph Reed

Greg Laurie

Darrell Scott, Jerry Falwell Jr., Becky Falwell, Cissie Graham Lynch, Eric Metaxas

David Brody, Michele Bachmann, Robert Jeffress

Jim Garlow

Jay Strack (and Diane) and James and Shirley Dobson

Excerpted below is a list of attendees from my post: 

Evangelicals meeting with Trump at the White House August 27, 2018

Here is an attempt at a partial list of who attended based on photos and reports  

 "Before the dinner, Trump met privately with a small handful of evangelical leaders and their wives."  These people are listed first in bold.

*those who seem to be less involved in November 2019.

  1. Jack Graham (and Deb)
  2. Franklin Graham (who attended with daughter Cissie Graham Lynch)
  3. Jerry Falwell Jr. (Becki Falwell)
  4. Tim Clinton
  5. Paula White-Cain, and Brad Knight, son of Paula White
  6. Robert Jeffress
  7. Greg Laurie (and Cathe)
  8. Eric Metaxas
  9. Samuel Rodriguez
  10. Kenneth Copeland (and Gloria)
  11. Jim Garlow
  12. Darrell Scott (Belinda Scott)
  13. Malachi O'Brien
  14. Jentezen Franklin
  15. Robert Morris (and Debbie)
  16. James Robison (and Betty)
  17. Marcus Lamb
  18. Joni Lamb
  19. Harry Jackson
  20. David Crank
  21. Timothy M. Hill
  22. James Dobson (and Shirley)
  23. Johnnie Moore
  24. Ralph Reed (and Jo Anne)
  25. Gary L Bauer
  26. Tony Perkins
  27. Kelly Shackelford
  28. Tim Wildmon
  29. Alveda King
  30. Lester Warner
  31. Michele Bachmann
  32. J. D. Greear* (this was his first and last meeting)
  33. Ronnie Floyd*
  34. Darryl Strawberry 
  35. (Traci Strawberry)
  36. Donald Trump
  37. Melania Trump
  38. Ivanka Trump
  39. Jared Cushner
  40. Ivanka Trump
  41. Mike Pence
  42. Karen Pence
  43. Sarah Sanders
  44. Kellyanne Conway
  45. Ben Carson
  46. Alex Azar
  47. Sam Brownback

 

Oct 8, 2018 Swearing in of Brett Kavanaugh

Jentezen Franklin

Ralph Reed, Jack Graham, and Franklin Graham

 

Nov 6, 2018 Mid-terms

Franklin Graham, Paula White-Cain

 

 

 

Nov 29, 2018 celebrate PEPFAR (U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief)

Johnnie Moore

 

Dec 13, 2018 Christmas reception

Franklin Graham

 

Dec 21, 2018 First Step Act

Ralph Reed

 

Jan 11, 2019 Border Security

Jentezen Franklin

 

Mar 13, 2019 Faith Based Briefing

Antonio Burroughs and Tony Suarez and Samuel Rodriguez and Brian Gallardo and others

 

April 1, 2019 First Act Prison Reform

Jentezen Franklin

Ralph Reed

 

May 1, 2019 National Day of Prayer

Jentezen Franklin

Johnnie Moore

Franklin Graham

Mike Huckabee and Ralph Reed

Michele Bachmann

Lance Wallnau, Harry Jackson Jr., Paul Marc Goulet.

James Robison, Robert Morris

 

May 9, 2019 Border Crisis

Jentezen Franklin

Jentezen Franklin

 

May 16, 2019 Immigration speech

Ralph Reed and Robert Jeffress

 

Jun 13, 2019 Criminal Justice Reform

Johnnie Moore

Darrell Scott

 

Sept 20 and 23, 2019 religious freedom event at the UN General Assembly

Jentezen Franklin

Jentezen Franklin

Franklin Graham

Paula White-Cain

 

Sep 26, 2019

Mark Burns

 

Sept 27, 2019 National Hispanic Heritage Month White House Reception

Albert Reyes and Tony Suarez

 

Oct 4, 2019 Young Black Leadership Summit

Mark Burns

 

 

Oct 29, 2019

Jentezen Franklin

and more

Paula White-Cain

Apostle G Maldonado

Full list of attendees: https://publicpool.kinja.com/subject-in-town-pool-report-3-statement-on-faith-le-1839452896/amp?__twitter_impression=true

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See also: Meeting between Trump and "faith leaders" on October 29, 2019 

Corrections to their bios and marked (New) if they seem not to have attended previously.

  1. Pastor Paula White Cain, Senior Pastor of New Destiny Christian Center, passed to son in May 2019
  2. Lourdes Aguirre, President of Eresamerica, President of United Market Solutions (a four-person consultant group). "President of UMS Advisory Board Member of Latinos For Trump Campaign Blessed Hispanic Leader Ready to serve POTUS and White House with Faith Based Initiatives." (New).
  3. Michelle Bachmann, Former Congresswoman
  4. Pastor Luke Barnett, Senior Pastor of Dream City Church (New).
  5. Gary Bauer, President of American Values
  6. Dr. Tim Clinton, President of American Association of Christian Counselors
  7. Apostle Alberto Delgado, Pastor of Alpha & Omega (New).
  8. Dr. James Dobson, Founder of Dr. James Dobson Family Institute
  9. Shirley Dobson, Co-Founder of Dr. James Dobson Family Institute
  10. Pastor Jentezen Franklin, Senior Pastor of Free Chapel
  11. Pastor Jim Garlow, Senior Pastor of Skyline Church San Diego, left in Nov 2018
  12. Dr. Jack Graham, Senior Pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church
  13. Pastor Harry Jackson Jr., Senior Pastor of Hope Christian Church
  14. Pastor Robert Jeffress, Senior Pastor of First Baptist Dallas
  15. Pastor Greg Laurie, Senior Pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship
  16. Apostle Guillermo Maldonado, Co-Founder and Senior Pastor of El Rey Jesús
  17. Pastor Robert Morris, Senior Pastor of Gateway Church
  18. Pastor Tom Mullins, Senior Pastor of Christ Fellowship
  19. Ralph Reed, Founder and Chairman of Faith & Freedom Coalition
  20. Reverend Samuel Rodriguez, President of National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference
  21. Dr. Jay Strack, Founder of Student Leadership University
  22. Cissie Graham Lynch, Samaritan's Purse
  23. Reverend Johnnie Moore, President of The Kairos Company
  24. Tony Perkins, President of Family Research Council
  25. Pastor Gregg Matte, Senior Pastor of First Baptist Houston (New).