Deep into the church’s 1 p.m. service, after pastor David Platt had delivered his sermon, Platt was summoned backstage and told that Trump was on his way and wanted the church to pray for him.

There’s no intention of us leaving the church. I think that’s what David’s scared of.” Burke believes that Platt distracts from the issue of whether the church has ties to the SBC by ...

The Rev. David Platt learned a lot in the aftermath of his heavily criticized decision to pray for President Donald Trump from the stage of his church. He knew some people would be happy he prayed ...

"I’m sure David Platt was only thinking about the content of the prayer too," Merritt wrote. "But in that situation, a pastor must consider the optics and how they may be being used. Did you ...