Pastor Puts Carrie Underwood On Blast After Trump Performance Announcement In Scathing Online Rebuttal

A former youth pastor slammed Carrie Underwood after announcing her plans to perform at Donald Trump’s inauguration. John Pavlovitz wrote a message to the American country singer, questioning her status as a role model for young women.

Paster Slams Carrie Underwood For Trump Inauguration Performance Announcement

Episcopal Church of Transformation

The former American Idol winner plans to sing “America The Beautiful” during the President-elect’s inauguration into the presidency next Monday. Many have spoken up online about their distaste towards this controversial gig.

Now, author and pastor Pavlovitz shared his thoughts on Underwood’s questionable performance decision. He began the message by speaking directly to Underwood herself, mentioning the singer’s faith.

“I’ve heard you speak eloquently about your Christian faith in the past, watched you perform a song about the beautiful mystery of baptism, often listened to your now-ubiquitous invocation for Jesus to take the wheel: to guide the life you live and to let his will direct your path.”

The former paster then mentioned Underwood as a role model for girls and women. Given her faith and role combined, Pavlovitz wondered “how you reconcile your personal faith with a performance at the Inauguration of Donald Trump.”

He continued by asking “Exactly how do you make sense of using your tremendous gifts to celebrate an adjudicated rapist.” Not only that, but a man whom many have accused of “assault, harassment, and misconduct,” alongside someone who boasts about “taking elemental body autonomy from the girls and women of this nation.” The pastor also mentioned the brazen comment Trump made about his willingness to date his daughter if he wasn’t related to her.

His letter, worded carefully and thoughtfully, continued to question Underwood by adding more fuel to the fire. Pavlovitz wondered “What message you think it sends to millions of survivors of sexual assault” to watch her perform in celebration of this President-elect.

A Scathing Message For The American Idol Star

The pastor’s scathing comments ripped further into Trump’s character. He called his life, business, and political career “marked by the most vile, dehumanizing, and misogynistic language about and behavior toward women.”

The message also mentioned Trump’s 34 felony counts, alongside his “continual verbal attacks on immigrants, LGBTQ human beings, people of color, and all Americans who did not vote for him.”

On top of that, he criticized sharing this announcement while California burns from the blazing LA wildfires. Thousands of citizens and celebrities have lost their homes as the fires have scorched over 37,000 acres.

Meanwhile, according to the pastor, Trump used the opportunity to spew “social media insults, disinformation, and abject hatred.” The President-elect claimed that the state’s governor failed to sign a “water restoration declaration.” Governor Gavin Newsom refuted these claims and said there was no declaration like this.

“Where is the Jesus in any of this, Carrie?” The pastor called out near the end of the post. He asked the singer how she had ever seen Trump “live a love and compassion and bear any resemblance to Jesus.”

The public message ended with Pavlovitz asking Underwood to speak up on “how you feel Jesus is steering this decision.” This critical callout to Underwood may have fallen on deaf ears as she has backed her decision.

In a statement to USA Today, Carrie Underwood expressed how honored she was to perform at this event. “I love our country and am honored to have been asked to sing at the Inauguration and to be a small part of this historic event.

According to the singer, her performance isn’t exactly a show of support for Trump, but for her country. Despite the statement, Underwood’s left-leaning fans are disappointed by this gig with threats of boycotting. Pavlovitz’s message, although well written, unfortunately, doesn’t seem to have affected the singer.