The Roosevelt Room echoes with a cappella hymns, voices rising like a revival tent under a starry sky. In the Cabinet Room, pastors proclaim prayers “in Jesus’s name,” invoking divine favor over a nation they believe has strayed. And in the Oval Office, hands stretch toward President Donald Trump, as evangelical leaders anoint him with Bible passages about kings established by God. This isn’t a megachurch in Tulsa or a tent meeting in rural Georgia. This is 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., and in Trump’s second term, it’s becoming a cathedral of conservative Christianity.
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