Donald Trump has claimed a pastor told him that he would lead the Christian faith into a time that “no one else can do”. 

Speaking at a rally in Kansas on Monday ahead of the midterm elections, the American President said the pastor “turned out to be right”. 

He told the crowd: “I have the all-time in history Christian vote. I have the evangelical vote, the Christian vote. I have by – I know more. I know more than anybody. 

“As somebody said about me, I shouldn't say this, this is terrible. A certain pastor from a place in Dallas, Texas. He said – I shouldn’t say this. Should I say this?” the President asked, to cheers of approval from the crowd. 

Recounting the pastor’s words, President Trump continued: “He said, ‘He might not read the Bible as much as us. He might not know every passage, and he might have some other little weaknesses. 

“But one thing about him, he's the greatest leader and he’s going to lead us to a period of time in Christianity that nobody else can do. That nobody else can do. And he turned out to be right.”

Pastor Robert Jeffress, who leads the 14,000-member First Baptist Church in Dallas and is a strong supporter of the President, told HuffPost that he is the church leader being referred to. In 2024, President Trump shared a similar version of the story with Tucker Carlson on Fox News.

President Trump has repeatedly asserted during his second term that there is a “great renewal of Christianity” under his leadership. Last month, the White House published a list of 250 reasons why he was the most “pro-faith” president in US history. 

Some religious freedom advocates have criticised his approach as weakening the separation between church and state, giving Christianity a privileged position in public and political life. His administration’s use of biblical imagery in justifying the Iran war has also divided opinion.