Frank Amedia

[[File:Touch Heaven, East Liverpool.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Touch Heaven, East Liverpool, [[Ohio]]]]
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'''Frank Amedia''' is a [[televangelist]] and founder of Touch Heaven Ministries. He was [[Donald Trump]]'s "liaison for [[Christian]] policy".<ref name=alternet>Miranda Blue, [https://www.alternet.org/election-2016/trump-adviser-calls-himself-prophet Trump's 'Christian Policy Adviser' Takes the Cake, Claims He's a Prophet Who Stopped a Tsunami.] Alternet, 24 May 2016.</ref> He claims to be able to control natural events and has a history of involvement in shady business practices and bribery.<ref name=hilton>[https://www.hotel-online.com/News/PR2010_4th/Oct10_HiltonCase.html Former Hilton Bankruptcy Case Turns Ugly; Aimed to Discredit Current On-Site Manager a Previous Bribery Attempt was Revealed.] Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via hotel-online.com, 26 October 2010.</ref><ref name=vindy>[http://www.vindy.com/news/2016/jun/09/amedia-serves-as-trumps-liaison-for-chri/ Canfield televangelist serving as unpaid Trump ‘liaison for Christian policy’] vindy.com, 9 June 2016.</ref> He appears on [[Jim Bakker]]'s [[wingnut]] television show as a religious Trump shill, claiming, for example, that [[God]] is using Trump to sweep clean the federal judiciary.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR06jlDqRD4&feature=youtu.be RWW News: Frank Amedia Says God Is Using Trump To Sweep Clean The Federal Judiciary.] [[YouTube]], 5 April 2018.</ref> He also runs a [[webshite]] called POTUS Shield, an incoherent "shield and weapon of spiritual force" that highlights the worst of [[evangelical]] Trumpism.

Amedia is a former [[Jew]] who received religious training from a Miami, [[Florida]], pastor associated with the controversial [[New Apostolic Reformation]], a group of people who proclaim themselves to be modern-day [[prophets]] and apostles and want to turn the [[United States]] into a [[theocracy]].<ref name=alternet />

{{cquote|We would give food to the needy in the short term, but if they refused to give up [[voodoo]], I'm not sure we would continue to support them in the long term because we wouldn't want to perpetuate that practice. We equate it with [[witchcraft]], which is contrary to the [[Gospel]].|||Frank Amedia shows his true colors<ref name=haiti />}}

Touch Heaven Ministries is a Christian ministry based in Canfield, [[Ohio]], that is run by Amedia and his wife.<ref>[https://www.touchheaven.com/about.html About Frank Amedia and Touch Heaven Ministries] Touch Heaven Ministries</ref><ref name=haiti>[http://www.nola.com/religion/index.ssf/2010/02/voodooists_attacked_at_ceremony_for_haiti_earthquake_victims.html Voodoo practitioners attacked at ceremony for Haiti earthquake victims.] The Associated Press via The New Orleans Times-Picayune, 23 February 2010.</ref> Touch Heaven traveled to [[Haiti]] following the 2010 earthquake to assist in disaster recovery, proselytize, and foment religious discord.

==False prophet==
{{cquote|Thousands of wondrous records of miraculous testimonies of [[healing]]s, deliverances, re-creative [[miracles]], and physical gifts follow him wherever he goes…|||from Frank Almedia's now-deleted biography on his ministry's website<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160324142416/http:/touchheaven.com/About/OurSeniorPastors.aspx Our Senior Pastors], touchheaven.com.</ref>}}

Amedia claims that he single-handedly stopped a tsunami from striking an island in [[Hawaii]] using his apostolic powers.<ref>Kyle Mantyla, [http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/frank-amedia-my-ability-to-turn-back-a-tsunami-proves-i-am-right-about-trump/ Frank Amedia: My Ability To Turn Back A Tsunami Proves I Am Right About Trump.] [[Right Wing Watch]], 10 July 2017.</ref> He is also a [[Faith healing|faith healer]] who claims to have cured [[cancer]] with the power of prayer.<ref>Hannah Levintova, [https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/05/frank-amedia-trump-christian-policy-adviser-believes-he-stopped-tsunami/ Trump’s Christian Policy Adviser Believes He Single-Handedly Stopped a Tsunami and Healed Cancer.] Mother Jones, 24 May 2016.</ref> In March 2018 on Christian television network TCT, he claimed that he brought an ant back to life by talking to God.<ref>Kyle Mantyla, [http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/frank-amedia-and-the-resurrection-of-an-ant/ Frank Amedia And The Resurrection Of An Ant.] [[Right Wing Watch]], 3 April 2018.</ref>

==Homophobia==
Amedia is a [[homophobe]] who claims that [[AIDS]] "is a disease that comes because of unnatural sex" and that God saves people from [[homosexuality]] and [[disease]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rcf62o4kmkA&feature=youtu.be RWW News: Trump 'Christian Policy Liaison' Frank Amedia: AIDS Is Result Of 'Unnatural Sex'] [[YouTube]], 23 May 2016.</ref><ref>CB Condez, [https://www.christiantimes.com/article/donald-trump-appoints-televangelist-frank-amedia-as-his-liaison-for-christian-policy/56023.htm Donald Trump appoints televangelist Frank Amedia as his 'Liaison for Christian policy'], The Christian Times, 20 May 2016.</ref>

==Trump shill==
{{cquote|I perceive that this timing is critical and strategic as I have been advising that I have received that February is a time of [[chaos]] in our nation politically, with flash points on the coasts and in the heartland, as well as the caution of the "ides of March" looming which will try to swallow up the spiritual surge of progress and pierce the heart of our political and church reformation.|||Frank Amedia, Trump God Warrior<ref name=ps />}}
{{cquote|Now ''that'' is a caravan of cuckoo crazy.|||Joe.My.God on the creation of POTUS Shield<ref>[http://www.joemygod.com/2017/01/14/evangelical-prelates-prophets-create-shield-prayer-around-donald-trump-inauguration-day/ Evangelical “Prelates And Prophets” To Create “Shield Of Prayer” Around Donald Trump On Inauguration Day.] joemygod.com, 14 January 2017.</ref>}}

During the [[2016 U.S. presidential election|2016 U.S. presidential campaign]], Amedia served as a volunteer "liaison for Christian policy" for Donald Trump.<ref name=alternet /> In this role, he was responsible for arranging meetings between the [[Republican]] presidential candidate and [[conservative]] religious leaders. After the election, he created POTUS Shield, an incoherent webshite to glorify Trump. POTUS Shield declares that Trump's election victory is a "divine mandate" and provides "a shield and weapon of spiritual force."<ref name=ps>[https://www.potusshield.org/blog/i-perceive-that-this-timing-is-critical-and-strategic I perceive that this timing is critical and strategic…] POTUS Shield, 8 January 2018.</ref> Most of the content of this site is rambling pseudo-Christian [[extreme right]] wing political blather and [[prayers]] to protect Trump against a "storm" of [[Conspiracy theory|conspiracies]] driven by "[[evil]] forces" and "witches and warlocks."<ref>Kyle Mantyla, [http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/potus-shield-prays-for-protection-over-trump-from-deep-state-evil-forces-and-curses-of-witches-and-warlocks/ POTUS Shield Prays For Protection Over Trump From Deep State ‘Evil Forces’ And Curses Of ‘Witches And Warlocks’] [[Right Wing Watch]], 20 April 2018.</ref> 

POTUS Shield was a complete bust and was simply an advertisement for Amedia's YouTube ranting. Its [[Facebook]] presence is equally barren, having only about a thousand followers and occasional posts consisting mostly of advertising for Amedia's Ohio church.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/POTUSShield/ POTUS Shield] on [[Facebook]].</ref>

==External links==
*[https://www.touchheaven.com/ Touch Heaven Ministries]
*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsRdIxzCHpyox4_QHzs_xdg Touch Heaven Ministries] on [[YouTube]]
*[http://americanloons.blogspot.com/2021/04/2464-frank-amedia.html Frank Amedia] at the [[Encyclopedia of American Loons]]

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