Pastor Stepping Down from Trump’s Evangelical Advisory Board, Cites ‘Deepening Conflict in Values’

With CEOs flocking from President Trump‘s economic advisory councils, one pastor has announced on Twitter that he is stepping down from the President’s Evangelical Advisory Board.

There were a few reports this week noting how Trump’s Evangelical advisers were sticking by him as CEOs were jumping ship, but now Pastor A.R. Bernard has tweeted that he’s leaving that council.

He cites a “deepening conflict in values between myself and the administration”:

My statement regarding my resignation from the President's Evangelical Advisory Board. pic.twitter.com/Ocae6SQxjZ

— A. R. Bernard (@ARBernard) August 18, 2017

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