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Trump’s late-father, real estate developer Fred Trump, was rarely — if ever — seen at the church. It was most always Trump’s mother, Mary, a Scottish immigrant and devout Christian, who brought her son to Sunday school.

how many times has Donald Trump gone to church before he became President

Trump has attended church 14 times since taking office — including photo-ops

Aside from major holidays like Christmas and Easter, Trump has rarely attended church, with some visits being just photo-ops.

Trump is unique among modern American presidents for his seeming lack of deep religious orientation. He doesn’t have a hometown church, and a months-long examination of the congregations he had ties to throughout his life found no evidence that Trump put down permanent roots in any of them. Congregants at his childhood church in Queens say Trump might not be welcome there today. The midtown Manhattan church he attended later in life has denied that he is a member there, and the son of its famous pastor, Norman Vincent Peale, has denounced Trump.

Donald Trump sparked outcry from religious leaders after military police tear-gassed and fired rubber bullets into a peaceful crowd in order to let Trump to be able to walk from the White House to a church for a photo-op.

Trump’s stunt at St. John’s Episcopal Church on Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., marked the 14th time that he’s attended a church since he took office in January 2017.

While he’s tried to paint himself as a champion for religious freedom and has eagerly courted the religious right, Trump is not a regular churchgoer.

His religious views are also opaque. He’s been unable to name his favorite Bible verse and did not recite a common prayer during a funeral service for the late George H.W. Bush. He’s said he believes in God but does not ask God for the forgiveness of his sins.

The White House did not return a request for comment on whether Trump made any other visits to churches during his time in office.

Here’s a look at all of the times Trump has attended church since he was sworn in:

Jan. 20, 2017: Trump attended a service at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Lafayette Square on his inauguration day. His predecessors, including former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush, and Ronald Reagan attended services at the same church on their inauguration days. Former President Bill Clinton attended services at Metropolitan AME Church, a historically black church in Washington, D.C.

April 16, 2017: Trump attended Easter services at Bethesda-by-the-Sea Church in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump was in Florida because he spent the Easter holiday at his Mar-a-Lago resort.

Sept. 2, 2017: During a visit to Texas to survey the destruction from Hurricane Harvey, Trump went to First Church of Pearland. He didn’t attend services there, but rather gave remarks to volunteers who were giving out supplies to those impacted by the storm.

Dec. 24, 2017: Trump attended Christmas Eve services at Bethesda-by-the-Sea church in Palm Beach. Again, Trump was at his Mar-a-Lago resort to spend the Christmas holiday.

April 1, 2018: On his second Easter in the White House, Trump again attended church services at Bethesda-by-the-Sea, as he once again was at his Mar-a-Lago resort for the holiday.

Dec. 5, 2018: Trump attended the funeral service of former President George H.W. Bush at the Washington National Cathedral, along with his five living predecessors. But Trump caused a stir when he did not say the Apostles’ Creed, which according to the Washington Post is “one of the prayers most core to Christianity.”

Dec. 24, 2018: Trump attended Christmas Eve services at the Washington National Cathedral because he couldn’t travel to Mar-a-Lago thanks to the government shutdown.

March 17, 2019: After a monthslong church-going drought, Trump attended Lenten services at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Lafayette Square. Prior to his church attendance, Trump was airing his grievances on Twitter, including frustration about his portrayal on “Saturday Night Live.”

April 21, 2019: Trump was back in Palm Beach for Easter, where he again attended Easter services at Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church.

June 2, 2019: After playing a round at his golf property in Virginia, Trump went to a conservative evangelical church for 11 minutes so the church’s pastor could pray over him. Rev. Franklin Graham, the son of Billy Graham, had designated the day as a “Special Day of Prayer” for Trump.

Dec. 24, 2019: Trump was back in Florida for his annual Christmas holiday at Mar-a-Lago. But rather than attend Bethesda-by-the-Sea, Trump went to Christmas Eve services at a “conservative Baptist-affiliated church” in West Palm Beach, Florida, according to USA Today. Trump’s change of church venue came days after a Christian magazine wrote an op-ed criticizing Trump’s “grossly immoral character.”

Jan. 3, 2010: Trump held a campaign rally at an evangelical megachurch in Miami, Florida, in his effort to court the evangelical vote. The event raised questions about the church’s tax-exempt status.

June 1, 2020: Trump stood outside St. John’s Episcopal Church in Lafayette Square holding a Bible after tear-gassing peaceful protesters to clear a path to walk there. He did not go inside, nor did he pray, nor did he read a Bible verse. Religious leaders condemned Trump for using the church as a political prop.

June 2, 2020: Trump visited the Saint John Paul II National Shrine ahead of an executive order signing on “religious freedom” but was condemned by the Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory for using the shrine as a political prop. Gregory called Trump’s visit “baffling and reprehensible” and that Trump “egregiously misused and manipulated” the shrine.

Trump and religion: His own words
July 18, 2015

People are so shocked when they find … out I am Protestant. I am Presbyterian. And I go to church and I love God and I love my church.
August 26, 2015

The Bible means a lot to me, but I don’t want to get into specifics.
January 18, 2016

Two Corinthians, 3:17, that’s the whole ballgame.
February 18, 2016

If and when the Vatican is attacked by ISIS, which as everyone knows is ISIS’s ultimate trophy, I can promise you that the Pope would have only wished and prayed that Donald Trump would have been President because this would not have happened.
March 9, 2016

I think Islam hates us.
January 29, 2017

To be clear, this is not a Muslim ban, as the media is falsely reporting. This is not about religion — this is about terror and keeping our country safe.
May 4, 2017

We will not allow people of faith to be targeted, bullied or silenced anywhere.

Soon after announcing his presidential bid, Trump described the experience of taking Communion as, “When I drink my little wine — which is about the only wine I drink — and have my little cracker.” In that same interview, Trump remarked that he wasn’t sure he had ever asked God for forgiveness.

Trump raised eyebrows again in January 2016 when he referred to the Second Corinthians Bible verse as “Two Corinthians” – a stumble that he later blamed on a religious leader who had advised him.

Even the person considered to be Trump’s closest spiritual confidant — Florida pastor Paula White — has said it would simply be “futile” and “staged” for Trump to try to publicly discuss his faith.