The pastor of a California megachurch said he is voting for President Trump’s reelection with “confidence” after comparing him to Joe Biden.
“To the surprise of many, at the end of his first term in his first elected office, he has undeniably accomplished — or attempted to accomplish — a majority of his main campaign promises. It is an honorable character trait of any elected official to follow through on their commitments. As I compare these accomplishments with the nearly half-century voting record of Joe Biden, it is with confidence and a clear conscience that I will be voting for a second term for Donald Trump on November 3, 2020,” Pastor Bill Johnson of Bethel Church in Redding wrote.
“For me it is worthy of note that I’ve never seen a president who loved prayer as much as Donald Trump — and that includes from those I voted for and those I didn’t,” Johnson said in the Christian Post op-ed. “His passion for godly counsel is also legendary. His historic actions for Israel should appeal to believers, as the biblical mandate to pray supportively for Jerusalem is a clear priority in scripture.”
He added that Trump “is the only one who isn’t owned by either party, and is fully capable through courage and boldness to bring about the changes needed.”
Johnson also said that he will continue to pray for Trump and his family, as he did for previous administrations, as well as Americans leading up to the election.
“I pray for those who are in fear or uncertainty leading up to this election, that God Himself would give them peace and a hope-filled promise. And finally I pray that each of us would have a life of realizing the fulfillment of dreams, with great health and blessing in every area of life,” he said.
Trump earned 80% of support from Evangelicals in 2016 and has been campaigning to earn even more in 2020.
He attended a megachurch in Las Vegas last month and has said he identifies as a “non-denominational Christian.”
“Though I was confirmed at a Presbyterian church as a child, I now consider myself to be a non-denominational Christian,” Trump told the Religious News Service, responding to the question, “Do you consider yourself an evangelical Christian?”
