Trump changes religious affiliation from Presbyterian to nondenominational Christianity

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President Trump, who has allied himself closely with evangelicals but spoken little of his personal faith, released a new statement of his religious identification.

Trump, who was confirmed to the Presbyterian Church as a child, told the Religion News Service that he now identifies as a “nondenominational Christian,” a type of Protestantism that doesn’t adhere to any particular denominational customs but still promulgates the central doctrines of Christianity.

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