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White was chair of the evangelical advisory board to Donald Trump's campaign. From until May , [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] White was senior pastor of New Destiny Christian Center, in Apopka, Florida , a nondenominational , multicultural megachurch. White was formerly the co-pastor of Without Walls International Church in Tampa, Florida , a church she co-founded with pastor and then-husband Randy White in Her parents owned a toy and craft store.

White's mother left Tupelo and took her to Memphis ; her separation from her husband and his subsequent suicide drove White, her brother, and her mother into poverty. While she worked, caregivers looked after her daughter.

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White has said that she was sexually and physically abused between the ages of six and thirteen by different people on different occasions. White has said that during that time, she suffered from bulimia. White's mother remarried to a two-star admiral in the United States Navy when White was nine years old. Her family moved to the Washington, D.

White later claimed to have received a vision from God shortly after her conversion. The church struggled financially and could not afford to pay the Whites a salary for the first two years. The couple lived on government assistance and the handouts of others. From to , the church changed locations three times until it secured the property at North Grady Avenue in Tampa and changed the name of the church to Without Walls International Church.

While the church held services in an outdoor tent in , it reported 5, attendees a week and 10, ministered to outside the church by outreach ministries. The property acquired was a Canada Dry warehouse, which was remodeled and became the church's main sanctuary until September