The founder of Abel Damina Ministries International, Pastor Abel Damina, has offered spiritual counsel to United States President Donald Trump following the latter’s public doubts about his eternal destination.
Trump had told journalists aboard Air Force One on 12th October 2025: “I don’t think there’s anything that will get me into heaven. I think maybe I am not heaven-bound.”
The statement sparked reactions across religious and political circles, prompting Pastor Damina to address the American leader directly in a 14-minute video posted on his X page on Friday, 24th October 2025.
“This message is primarily for the 45th and 47th President of the United States of America, President Donald Trump,” the cleric began. “No mortal man can make heaven. How can an imperfect man be in a perfect relationship with a perfect God? How can mortal man relate with an immortal God?”
Pastor Damina, who leads the Kingdom Life Network, explained that salvation cannot be earned through personal effort, wealth, or good works.
“If a man will die for himself, the death of a sinner is of no eternal value. It will take a sinless one to redeem the sinner, and no man was sinless,” he said.
Drawing from biblical references, the pastor painted a vivid picture of God’s love for humanity.
“God looked at the oil wells of the Niger Delta, they couldn’t pay for man. He looked at the gold mines of Ghana, they couldn’t pay for man. God looked at the rare minerals of America and the diamond mines of Congo, they couldn’t pay for man. But God loves man, so God became a man in Jesus to die on man’s behalf. That is the love of God expressed,” he said.
Pastor Damina stressed that salvation comes through faith in Jesus Christ alone, not through human achievement or religious rituals.
“Mr President, sir, all man is required to do is to believe. Once you believe in that one time eternal sacrifice of Jesus—his death, burial, and resurrection, your sins are forgiven, and you will no longer come into condemnation,” he stated.
The clergyman emphasised that salvation is “by faith alone in Christ alone,” noting that no amount of moral uprightness could secure eternal life.
“All religions in the world attempt to help man arrive at salvation by works, by efforts, but no effort is good enough. The wages of sin is death, and the death of a sinner is useless. But God loves man,” he said.
He assured that accepting Christ establishes a new spiritual relationship with God.
“From that moment, the Holy Spirit dwells in you, your sins are totally forgiven, and the consciousness of sin is deleted. Then you enjoy the liberty and assurance of salvation,” Pastor Damina explained.
President Trump, who has identified as a Presbyterian, has occasionally spoken about his Christian faith but rarely discusses personal salvation publicly. His comments about heaven represent an uncommon moment of spiritual introspection from the American leader.
Pastor Damina had previously declared in a sermon: “No offering goes to heaven; it is men that spend it,” reinforcing his teaching that salvation cannot be purchased through human effort or financial contributions.
