Frisco pastor urges followers to help Trump stay in office and keep guns loaded before Biden inauguration

Days after President Donald Trump incited supporters to attack the U.S. Capitol in an effort to overturn the election, an evangelical pastor in Frisco told his congregation they have an “executive order” to keep Trump in office.

Brandon Burden, the pastor at KingdomLife, is a former Frisco City Council candidate and member of the Frisco Conservative Coalition, a political action committee. He and the church are known around Frisco social media circles to promote conservative ideals and leaders, including Trump, who made history Wednesday as the only president to be impeached twice.

As Burden stood at the pulpit Sunday, he shouted in tongues while a woman at the altar waved a large American flag in front of him. The pastor cited “prophetic voices” who have said God told them Trump would be president for eight years.

“We have an executive order — not from Congress or D.C., but from the desk of the CEO of heaven, the boss of the planet,” Burden said. “He said from his desk in heaven, this is my will; Trump will be in for eight years.”

He said it’s the responsibility of his congregation and other Christians to execute God’s order and alluded to the Battle of Jericho, leading church members in a march.

“Take down the walls of Jericho,” Burden said. “The Lord says your Jericho is Washington, D.C. That’s your fortified city.”

The pastor, who is also a licensed realtor in the Frisco area, has not responded to a request for comment.

President-elect Joe Biden is to be inaugurated Jan. 20 after winning the popular vote in November by more than 7.1 million as well as the Electoral College vote, which was being certified last week when the mob stormed the Capitol.

Despite these results, Burden said Sunday that he believes “Yahweh will bring a miracle” this week and that Trump will serve as president for another four years.

He also discussed the need to prepare for a national blackout or any emergency that could occur between Sunday and Biden’s inauguration. Burden told the congregation to stock up on food, water and gas for generators and to keep their weapons loaded.

“We are locked and loaded at the Burden house,” he said.

The pastor advised churchgoers that it’s illegal to shoot a trespasser on their lawn, but he said they can if someone tries to enter their home, citing the state’s Castle Doctrine.

He also took aim at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republican leaders, saying that they “want the swamp back” and that the party is corrupt.

“All of them are a bunch of snakes that don’t want Trump,” Burden said. “They want him out because Trump is a reformer, Trump is an awakener, and Trump is causing this populist, national movement that is not Republican nor Democrat.”