The preacher who won fans at Trump’s swearing-in ceremony shared his scathing assessment of the woke bishop who lectured the president at a prayer service on Tuesday, calling her a ‘heretic’ who betrayed her duty to God.
Pastor Lorenzo Sewell was inside the Washington National Cathedral when Bishop Mariann Budde begged Trump to show ‘mercy’ to LGBTQ+ people and migrants in a stunning scolding that shocked the family and millions of viewers.
Speaking with Laura Ingraham on Fox News, Sewell said Budde committed what he called ‘theological and spiritual malpractice’ in her gospel.
‘Instead of using the authority of the word of God to preach the message of Christ, she used it practice what I call theological and spiritual malpractice.
‘She is the worst preacher I have ever in my life heard, it was so bad I am grateful my wife was not there, she should would have ran out of that church.’
Sewell, pastor of the 180 church in Detroit, Michigan, added: ‘I cannot believe she would use that moment to speak a demonic message, as if she was using the bible.’
‘She was so arrogant, the way she didn’t even acknowledge the President of the United States of America.
‘She had an opportunity to minister the gospel, instead of that she is a heretic. She should never be allowed to preach the message of Jesus in her life.’
Pastor Lorenzo Sewell said Budde committed what he called ‘theological and spiritual malpractice’ in her gospel
Bishop Mariann Budde, pictured at her $1.6million home in Washington DC this week, makes no apologies for her comments
Budde’s sermon was a far cry away from Sewell’s own explosive prayer that he made during the inauguration.
In his three-minute blessing, Sewell was incredibly patriotic and pro-Trump, as he thanked God for saving the 78-year-old from an assassination attempt last year.
Sewell started: ‘Heavenly father we are so grateful that you gave our 45th and now our 47th president a millimeter miracle.
‘We are grateful that you are the one that have called him for such a time as this. That America would begin to dream again.’
Sewell prayed that America continues to be a nation ‘where we will not be judged by the color of our skin but by the content of our character’.
He spoke loudly throughout his prayer and lifted his hands to the sky as he called for ‘freedom to ring ‘throughout America in a direct copy from Dr. Luther King Jr.
Sewell said: ‘My country, ’tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died. Land of the pilgrims’ pride.
‘From every mountainside, let freedom ring.’ And because America is called to be a great nation, we believe that you will make this come true.’
Budde’s husband Paul was in high spirits as he was photographed outside the couple’s home
In his three-minute prayer, Sewell was incredibly patriotic and pro-Trump, as he thanked God for saving the 78-year-old from an assassination attempt last year
Budde, on the other hand, used her sermon to advocate for ‘scared’ migrants and LGBTQ kids.
After the sermon, Trump spoke with reporters and briefly said that he thought Budde ‘could have been much better’.
That was hours before a Truth Social post in the middle of the night in which he unleashed on her.
In a scathing rebuke, Trump said: ‘The so-called Bishop who spoke at the National Prayer Service on Tuesday morning was a Radical Left hard line Trump hater.
‘She brought her church into the World of politics in a very ungracious way. She was nasty in tone, and not compelling or smart.’
On Wednesday, Budde said during an appearance on The View that she wanted the sermon to ‘counter the narrative that is so divisive and polarizing’.
Mariann Budde, who has been described as ‘unapologetically liberal’, has long spoken out against Trump
President Donald Trump and Rev. Lorenzo Sewell of 180 Church in Detroit attend the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol
She declined to address his calls for an apology, but said she would consider a one-on-one meeting if the invitation came from the president personally.
Budde added that she has a ‘great amount of respect’ for Trump’s office and promised to remain ‘respectful’ if a meeting occurred.
The bishop, who proudly puts her pronouns in her Instagram biography, is also pro-gay marriage and previously donated to the presidential campaign of Barack Obama.
In a piece with the Washington Post in 2011, after being installed as the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, she was described as ‘unapologetically liberal’.
Speaking then, she told the outlet: ‘I’m in favor of gay marriage, always have been. At this point it’s a no-brainer.’
The diocese website boasts that she serves as an advocate of racial equity, gun violence prevention, immigration reform and inclusivity.
Budde, who is married with two adult children, had also previously oversaw a convention in the diocese that called for the disuse of gendered pronouns for God.
Sewell first met Trump in June when the pastor hosted him at his church amid a campaign stop.
According to MLive, before turning to God, he had worked as a drug dealer before a calling to take up being a pastor in 1999.
He told the outlet that he is a lifelong Republican and had supported Trump in 2016 and 2020.
