HELL, IN MOST POPULAR ACCOUNTS, is a rather timeless place. But according to Donald Trump’s spiritual adviser Paula White-Cain, it’s not entirely beyond the reach of time.
In fact, when a particular young minister wakes up in the morning, she recently said, an alarm goes off in the underworld. That’s how the devils know it’s time for Satan to get tormented.
Based in the Pacific Northwest, the minister White-Cain was admiring is a former Republican campaign operative and lobbyist-turned-pastor/influencer who has been developing a novel approach to Christian ministry that brings together right-wing politics, belligerence towards the press, digital-native media savvy, and revivalist evangelism. Though you have probably never heard of him, Pastor Russell B. Johnson and the independent charismatic church he founded, the Pursuit NW, have over the past decade built a religious fiefdom in Washington state that today features a growing network of church campuses and alternative educational institutions.
