Detroit pastor Lorenzo Sewell slams bishop who lectured Trump for 'theological malpractice'

Detroit pastor Lorenzo Sewell, who attended the National Prayer Service with President Donald Trump, was highly captious of Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde owed to her sermon devolving into governmental sentiments.

"It was theological malpractice connected each angle," Sewell, the pastor of 180 Church successful Detroit, Michigan, told Fox News Digital connected Wednesday.

"There is obscurity successful Scripture that we spot that a person would basal up without God's support and talk to idiosyncratic who is successful authority… What happens successful the midst of our Christian contented is that we deliberation that we tin basal earlier kings and conscionable enactment similar we tin accidental immoderate we want, however we privation successful the sanction of God."

Rev. Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington was among respective religion leaders who spoke astatine the National Prayer Service connected Tuesday. She was a erstwhile professional of Trump and the U.S. authorities pursuing George Floyd’s death.

Left: President Donald Trump speaks portion signing enforcement orders successful the Oval Office of the White House successful Washington, D.C., connected Monday, Jan. 20, 2025; Right: Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde delivers a sermon during the National Prayer Service astatine Washington National Cathedral connected January 21, 2025, successful Washington, D.C. (Left: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Right: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Budde's sermon archetypal focused connected "unity," but past her remarks turned to immigrants and LGBTQ youth. 

Budde spoke straight to the president, saying "Let maine marque 1 last plea, Mr. President, millions person enactment their spot successful you, and arsenic you told the federation yesterday, you person felt the providential manus of a loving God. In the sanction of our God, I inquire you to person mercy connected the radical successful our state who are scared. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender children successful Democratic and Republican and Independent families, immoderate who fearfulness for their lives." 

Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance appeared to beryllium irritated by the bishop's sermon.

Budde explained further that "the immense bulk of immigrants are not criminals."

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"They wage taxes and are bully neighbors," Budde said. She went connected to say, "They are faithful members of our churches and mosques, synagogues… and temples." 

Pastor of 180 Church Lorenzo Sewell, delivers a benediction aft President Donald Trump was sworn successful during the 60th Presidential Inauguration successful the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol successful Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.  (Saul Loeb/Pool photograph via AP)

The reverend asked Trump to person "mercy connected those successful our communities whose children fearfulness that their parents volition beryllium taken away, and that you assistance those who are fleeing warfare zones of persecution successful their ain lands to find compassion and welcome, our God teaches america that we are to beryllium merciful to a stranger."

Afterward, Trump took to Truth Social to blast Budde's performance, suggesting that she and her religion should apologize to the public.

Sewell was successful the assemblage "sitting with the archetypal family" portion Budde delivered the sermon. He described her code arsenic a "political agenda."

"She not lone did she not preach the texts of Scripture, not lone did she not usage her accidental to preach to death, to carnivore connected the resurrection of Jesus Christ, but she, rather frankly, took a governmental agenda, superimposed it, and acted arsenic if she was speaking for God," Sewell said.

"She said, successful the sanction of our God, arsenic if God was speaking done her. As it pertains to immigration, arsenic if God was speaking done her, arsenic it pertains to the LGBTQ+ community. She was speaking arsenic if God was speaking done her to the president of the United States of America."

Sewell told Fox News Digital that "we person to marque definite that our religion communities are educated."

"Now, if she would person had a solution, if she would person spoke astir however the religion and however the authorities could enactment unneurotic to marque definite radical could get a wide pathway to citizenship, that would person made sense," helium said.

Sewell besides shared with Fox News Digital what it was similar praying for the state aft Trump was sworn successful during the 60th Presidential Inauguration connected the aforesaid time arsenic Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Sewell often emphasized Dr. King’s "I Have a Dream" speech.

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Pastor Lorenzo Sewell speaks connected Day 4 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), astatine the Fiserv Forum successful Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 18, 2024.  (REUTERS/Brian Snyder)

"It was Dr. King's birthday. What does it look similar for Black Americans to get retired of the nightmare that they're successful in bid for america to unrecorded the dream? Remember, Dr. King, helium passed authorities done his spiritual and governmental activism," helium told Fox News Digital.

"The Bible says religion without works is dead. So my supplication was prophetic. But my supplication was besides precise applicable arsenic it pertains to what we expect done our 47th president successful this astonishing administration."

He told Fox News Digital that Trump personally asked if helium could pray astatine the inauguration.

Sewell, a Republican, spoke astatine the past Republican National Convention successful Milwaukee, Wisconsin, successful July. He endorsed Trump successful the 2024 statesmanlike predetermination and hosted the then-GOP statesmanlike campaigner astatine his religion successful Detroit past summer.