Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth held a Christian prayer service in the Pentagon’s auditorium on Wednesday morning during working hours, triggering the New York Times, which tried to manufacture a nefarious conspiracy out of the event.
According to the once venerable newspaper turned left-wing propaganda rag, the standing room only service was billed as the “Secretary of Defense Christian Prayer & Worship Service,” and lasted about 30 minutes with Pastor Brooks Potteiger, who’s the pastor of the Defense secretary’s church in Tennessee, featured as the main speaker.
“It is unclear whether the Defense Department has hosted similar religious events outside of the Pentagon’s chapel, which was added after the 9/11 attack, but the service is part of an increasing infusion of overt Christian evangelization in official government events during Mr. Trump’s second term,” according to the Times.
It’s called: “In God We Trust.”
Since our founding, America’s leaders — and warriors — have sought God’s providence and protection. We seek to glorify Him as we serve our country.
At the Pentagon, we will humbly continue this sacred tradition — each and every month. pic.twitter.com/i5ZVxl4fqg
— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) May 21, 2025
“This is precisely where I need to be, and I think exactly where we need to be as a nation, at this moment,” Hegseth said, “in prayer, on bended knee recognizing the providence of our lord and savior Jesus Christ.”
The Pentagon chief was “standing at a lectern bearing the seal of the Defense Department,” the Times reported in an obvious effort to stir up trouble over the separation of church and state.
The paper also said that Pastor Potteiger’s church, the Pilgrim Hill Reformed Fellowship in Goodlettsville, TN is a member of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches which in its governing documents reportedly says that – GASP – homosexuality is “unbiblical” and that the leadership roles in the church are reserved for men, and that women should not be participants in combat.
Attendance was voluntary, but Hegseth “encouraged the uniformed military personnel and civilian employees there to tell their co-workers about it,” the Times reported of the service, which he intends to make a monthly event.
The Times also published Hegseth’s prayer. “King Jesus, we come humbly before you, seeking your face, seeking your grace, in humble obedience to your law and to your word,” he said as he asked those in attendance to bow their heads in prayer.
“We come as sinners saved only by that grace, seeking your providence in our lives and in our nation. Lord God, we ask for the wisdom to see what is right and, in each and every day, in each and every circumstance, the courage to do what is right in obedience to your will. It is in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, that we pray. And all God’s people say amen,” the Defense secretary prayed.
Hegseth mocked the gazette of the godless in a post to X.
When the @nytimes is forced to print an entire prayer… https://t.co/qyxoNkjHob pic.twitter.com/KsNMk8LCxa
— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) May 21, 2025
The Times’ report is a testament to the diminished power of the fake news industry, which went from trying to oust Hegseth with the failed “Signalgate” scandal to now whining about something as innocuous as a prayer service.
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