{"id":19619,"date":"2025-01-23T23:10:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T23:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=19619"},"modified":"2025-01-23T23:10:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T23:10:04","slug":"woke-bishop-mariann-budde-betrayed-her-duty-to-god-with-anti-trump-sermon-says-inauguration-preacher-lorenzo-sewell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=19619","title":{"rendered":"Woke bishop Mariann Budde betrayed her duty to God with anti-Trump sermon, says inauguration preacher Lorenzo Sewell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The preacher\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14306025\/donald-trump-inauguration-preacher-prayer-lorenzo-sewell.html\" target=\"_self\">who won fans at Trump&#8217;s swearing-in ceremony<\/a><\/span>\u00a0shared his scathing assessment of\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14309917\/donald-Trump-LGBTQ-church-Melania-trump.html\" target=\"_self\">the woke bishop<\/a><\/span>\u00a0who lectured the president at a prayer service on Tuesday, calling her a &#8216;heretic&#8217; who betrayed her duty to God.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Pastor Lorenzo Sewell was inside the Washington National Cathedral when Bishop Mariann Budde begged Trump to show &#8216;mercy&#8217; to\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a id=\"mol-cb8e0d10-d99a-11ef-9746-9927098fe43f\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/gay-and-lesbian-rights\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">LGBTQ<\/a><\/span>+ people and migrants in a stunning scolding that shocked the family and millions of viewers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Speaking with\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a id=\"mol-cb60bb80-d99a-11ef-9746-9927098fe43f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/laura-ingraham\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">Laura Ingraham<\/a><\/span>\u00a0on\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a id=\"mol-cb8cd490-d99a-11ef-9746-9927098fe43f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/fox-news\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">Fox News<\/a><\/span>, Sewell said Budde committed what he called &#8216;theological and spiritual malpractice&#8217; in her gospel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;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.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Sewell, pastor of the 180 church in Detroit,\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a id=\"mol-0de6c300-d99b-11ef-9746-9927098fe43f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/michigan\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">Michigan<\/a><\/span>, added:\u00a0&#8216;I cannot believe she would use that moment to speak a demonic message, as if she was using the bible.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;She was so arrogant, the way she didn&#8217;t even acknowledge the President of the United States of America.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;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.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-da98e0bd4ff591f\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/01\/23\/15\/94437283-14317737-image-m-2_1737645830911.jpg\" alt=\"Pastor Lorenzo Sewell said Budde committed what he called 'theological and spiritual malpractice' in her gospel\" width=\"634\" height=\"538\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"><span class=\"plusSign-1IpQy\">+<\/span>7<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-2XMcO\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Pastor Lorenzo Sewell said Budde committed what he called &#8216;theological and spiritual malpractice&#8217; in her gospel<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-d244ba6bcada7fa8\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/01\/23\/16\/94437935-14317737-Bishop_Mariann_Budde_pictured_at_her_1_6million_home_in_Washingt-m-38_1737650045068.jpg\" alt=\"Bishop Mariann Budde, pictured at her $1.6million home in Washington DC this week, makes no apologies for her comments\" width=\"634\" height=\"1087\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"><span class=\"plusSign-1IpQy\">+<\/span>7<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-2XMcO\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Bishop Mariann Budde, pictured at her $1.6million home in Washington DC this week, makes no apologies for her comments<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Budde&#8217;s sermon was a far cry away from Sewell&#8217;s own explosive prayer that he made during the inauguration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Sewell started: &#8216;Heavenly father we are so grateful that you gave our 45th and now our 47th president a millimeter miracle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;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.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Sewell<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14304919\/donald-trump-vips-place-inauguration-elon-musk.html\" target=\"_self\">\u00a0prayed that America continues to be a nation<\/a><\/span>\u00a0&#8216;where we will not be judged by the color of our skin but by the content of our character&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He spoke loudly throughout his prayer and lifted his hands to the sky as he called for &#8216;freedom to ring &#8216;throughout America in a direct copy from Dr. Luther King Jr.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Sewell said: &#8216;My country, &#8217;tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died. Land of the pilgrims&#8217; pride.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;From every mountainside, let freedom ring.&#8217; And because America is called to be a great nation, we believe that you will make this come true.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-9ab1501877527f77\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/01\/23\/16\/94441751-14317737-image-m-40_1737650059352.jpg\" alt=\"Budde's husband Paul was in high spirits as he was photographed outside the couple's home\" width=\"634\" height=\"750\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"><span class=\"plusSign-1IpQy\">+<\/span>7<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-2XMcO\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Budde&#8217;s husband Paul was in high spirits as he was photographed outside the couple&#8217;s home<\/p>\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f77feaa09567eb0d\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/01\/23\/15\/94316063-14317737-In_his_three_minute_prayer_Sewell_was_incredibly_patriotic_and_p-a-6_1737646943793.jpg\" alt=\"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\" width=\"634\" height=\"425\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"><span class=\"plusSign-1IpQy\">+<\/span>7<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-2XMcO\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">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<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Budde, on the other hand, used her sermon to advocate for &#8216;scared&#8217; migrants and LGBTQ kids.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">After the sermon, Trump spoke with reporters and briefly said that he thought Budde &#8216;could have been much better&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">That was hours before a Truth Social post in the middle of the night in which he unleashed on her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14311785\/Trump-woke-bishop-sermon-prayer-truth-social-inauguration.html\" target=\"_self\">In a scathing rebuke, Trump said<\/a><\/span>: &#8216;The so-called Bishop who spoke at the National Prayer Service on Tuesday morning was a Radical Left hard line Trump hater.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;She brought her church into the World of politics in a very ungracious way. She was nasty in tone, and not compelling or smart.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">On Wednesday, Budde\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14313763\/mariann-budde-donald-trump-video-sermon.html\" target=\"_self\">said during an appearance on The View that she wanted the sermon to &#8216;counter the narrative\u00a0<\/a><\/span>that is so divisive and polarizing&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-77cdd40005813226\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/01\/23\/16\/94441897-14317737-image-a-41_1737650259981.jpg\" alt=\"Mariann Budde, who has been described as 'unapologetically liberal', has long spoken out against Trump\" width=\"634\" height=\"633\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"><span class=\"plusSign-1IpQy\">+<\/span>7<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-2XMcO\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Mariann Budde, who has been described as &#8216;unapologetically liberal&#8217;, has long spoken out against Trump<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-777a9b1e13698075\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/01\/23\/15\/94316061-14317737-President_Donald_Trump_and_Rev_Lorenzo_Sewell_of_180_Church_in_D-a-8_1737647931864.jpg\" alt=\"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\" width=\"634\" height=\"443\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"><span class=\"plusSign-1IpQy\">+<\/span>7<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-2XMcO\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">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<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14313739\/bishop-mariann-edgar-budde-trump-church-view.html\" target=\"_self\">declined to address his calls for an apology<\/a><\/span>, but said she would consider a one-on-one meeting if the invitation came from the president personally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Budde added that she has a &#8216;great amount of respect&#8217; for Trump&#8217;s office and promised to remain &#8216;respectful&#8217; if a meeting occurred.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">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 &#8216;unapologetically liberal&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Speaking then, she told the outlet: &#8216;I&#8217;m in favor of gay marriage, always have been. At this point it&#8217;s a no-brainer.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The diocese website boasts that she serves as an advocate of racial equity, gun violence prevention, immigration reform and inclusivity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Sewell first met Trump in June when the pastor hosted him at his church amid a campaign stop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">According to\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/politics\/2025\/01\/trump-selects-detroit-pastor-for-inauguration-prayer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">MLive<\/a>, before turning to God, he had worked as a drug dealer before a calling to take up being a pastor in 1999.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He told the outlet that he is a lifelong Republican and had supported Trump in 2016 and 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; The preacher\u00a0who won fans at Trump&#8217;s swearing-in ceremony\u00a0shared his scathing assessment of\u00a0the woke bishop\u00a0who lectured the president at a prayer service on Tuesday, calling her a &#8216;heretic&#8217; who &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19619"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19621,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19619\/revisions\/19621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}