The president's selected Neil Gorsuch, a pro-life Episcopalian who has a track record of defending Christians in religious freedom cases.
Neil Gorsuch, who goes to church in Boulder, Colorado with his family, has written a book called The Future of Assisted Suicide and is known to be anti-abortion.
Gorsuch has also ruled in favour of Christians in several religious freedom cases while serving as a judge.
His nomination for the life-long Supreme Court judge position still needs to be approved by the Senate. It follows Donald Trump's promise that his selection would be one that "evangelicals, Christians, will love".
He was nominated because a previous Supreme Court judge, Antonin Scalia, died last year and his place needed to be filled.
Assuming the Senate permits his selection, it would make Neil Gorsuch the only Protestant Supreme Court judge out of the seven.
Russell Moore, the President of the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, tweeted:
Judge Neil Gorsuch is really amazing: brilliant and sound. I hope he is the #SCOTUS nominee.
— Russell Moore (@drmoore) January 31, 2017
And Jim Daly, president of Focus on the Family which broadcasts with Premier, said: "As a family ministry concerned with the sanctity of life, marriage, and religious freedom, we are optimistic that Judge Gorsuch will continue to protect our cherished liberties, and earn the entire country's respect as a member of our nation's highest court.
Neil Gorsuch said on his nomination: "I am so thankful for my family, my friends, and my faith.
"These are the things that keep me grounded in life's peaks and sustain me in its valleys."
The nominee was educated at Columbia, Harvard and Oxford universities and has been a judge since 2006.
