Faith leaders and voters are storming heaven with prayers as the US presidential election remains inconclusive with several states having yet to tabulate all votes. Pro-Trump voters could be seen praying at counting stations while faith leaders have taken to social media to pray for results favouring incumbent Donald Trump and Mike Pence.

The Guardian writes: In 2016, white evangelicals made up a quarter of all US voters. And 81% of them voted for Donald Trump. Oliver Laughland and Tom Silverstone head to the pivotal battleground state of North Carolina to see if Trump's religious base is showing signs of crumbling. They meet extreme evangelical pastors, travelling progressive preachers and the moral movement leader Rev. William Barber.

Paula White-Cain who is Trump’s special advisor to the Faith and Opportunity Initiative at the Office of Public Liaison has been in the forefront leading prayers for the president. Most recent on Wednesday night, White-Cain called upon ‘angelic reinforcement’ from continents of Africa and South America.

“I hear a sound of victory, the Lord says it is done. For angels have been dispatched from Africa right now… In the name of Jesus from South America, they are coming here,” she said in a video that has since gone viral (see her Twitter mentions shoot up, in our graph above).

The televangelist from Florida was also heard saying that demonic confederacies are attempting to steal the election from Trump. White-Cain, who preaches prosperity theology, was heard speaking in tongues, an occurrence where the speaker speaks in an unknown language during an intense prayer session.

Who’s big on Facebook? Major Trump-associated and/or supporting faith leaders and related pages are shown immediately below. Next is the Facebook posting of Pastor Darrel Scott for a White House invite, and Tweet of an early October prayer session (looks to be in the White House).

From the PolTracker team, 6 Nov 2020