New White House Faith Office Aims to Ensure US Is Beacon of Freedom for Others

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The office’s faith director described religious freedom as part of America’s roots.

The months-old White House Faith Office wants to see the United States as the leader in advancing religious freedom, its faith director Jennifer Korn said.

“We were founded by religion, we were founded by faith in God, and you can look at the founders’ founding words and the prayers that they had,” she said during an interview with “Capitol Report,” broadcast by The Epoch Times’ sister media outlet, NTD. “So we need to get back to those roots and make sure that we are that beacon of freedom for others.”

Korn made the remarks having in mind countries in which religious freedom is under threat, such as communist China.

“I can’t tell you how many people of faith from different countries who moved to the United States are begging us: please do not let what is happening in other countries happen to the United States,” she said.

“For any faith leaders that might say, we don’t want to get involved in politics. This is not politics. This is policy. This is policy that affects you in your churches, in your synagogues and your temples. And it matters what you have to say.”

President Donald Trump in February created the faith office to “empower faith-based entities, community organizations, and houses of worship.”

A White House statement described the organizations as having “tremendous ability to serve individuals, families, and communities through means that are different from those of government and with capacity and effectiveness that often exceeds that of government.”

“We’re implementing policies that directly affect people of faith, and that is because President Trump loves the people of faith, and our engagement is amazing,” said Korn, who has served in both the Bush administration and the first Trump administration and is now the deputy assistant to the president.

Trump joined Korn in the office’s first national call days ago to address faith leaders across the country. A technical glitch delayed the call by more than 20 minutes, Korn said, but Trump stayed on.

“The President with that busy schedule said, ‘This is too important, I’m going to stay here and I’m going to speak to 10,000 faith leaders from every denomination, every state, and every ethnic background,’ because that’s how important faith is to him,” she said.

By Eva Fu

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