Paula White Ministries starts with Without Walls
Paula White Ministries says White co-founded Without Walls International Church and describes that church as growing to more than 27,000 members with 200 outreach ministries.
The same official bio says White now serves in the White House Faith Office. It also says StoryLife Church was launched in 2023 by her son and daughter-in-law, Brad and Rachel Knight, on the City of Destiny property.
The next documented stop was New Destiny after Zachery Tims died
Orlando Magazine reported that White was chosen in late 2011 to rebuild New Destiny Christian Center after the death of Zachery Tims.
The New Destiny chapter produced the filed bylaws cited in the record. Those bylaws describe who could vote, who could remove officers, and who would succeed the pastor-president.
The filed bylaws show a church structure with almost no member control
The filed New Destiny bylaws say congregation members are nonvoting and board members are voting. A later provision says all voting rights are held exclusively by the Board of Directors.
The same document separates financial support from formal control: congregation members could belong to the church without holding voting power over the corporation.
The same bylaws make the pastor-president unusually hard to dislodge
The bylaws say any officer except the pastor-president may be removed by the board. They also say the pastor-president may remove any officer at her discretion.
The succession page says the pastor-president shall serve until death or resignation and shall not be subject to removal. The document also says the church finds its headship under the Lord Jesus Christ in its pastor-president.
The succession clause turns centralized control into a dynasty story
The bylaws say that upon the death of the pastor-president, she shall be succeeded in office by her son, Brad Knight, unless he declines.
Paula White Ministries says StoryLife launched in 2023 under Brad and Rachel Knight. StoryLife's own site presents Brad Knight as the visible pastor voice today.
The White House role turns this into more than an internal church dispute
Paula White Ministries says White serves in the White House Faith Office. The church-governance record therefore sits beside an official political role and an internal ministry dispute.
The filed bylaws show how authority was organized before that church record sat next to executive-branch religious outreach.
Sources & records
Reviewed by Standards Review. Updated April 14, 2026.
- White House Faith Office Appointments
Used to anchor why Paula White's church-governance record matters now: she holds a formal White House Faith Office role.
- Paula White Ministries About / Mission
Used for White's own official account of co-founding Without Walls, for the 27,000-member and 200-ministry claims, and for the current description of StoryLife as a church launched in 2023 by Brad and Rachel Knight on the City of Destiny property.
- Orlando Magazine: Holy High Roller
Used for the documented transition into New Destiny Christian Center after Zachery Tims' death and for the timing of White's selection to rebuild the church.
- Filed New Destiny Bylaws Copy
Used for the nonvoting-member clause, the board-only voting structure, the pastor-president removal protection, the Brad Knight succession clause, and the headship language.
- StoryLife Church
Used to confirm Brad Knight's current visible role as the voice and pastor face of StoryLife.
- TIME: Donald Trump Religion: The Pastor Who Prays With Him
Used for the long-running Trump relationship timeline and for the broader context that White's New Destiny leadership and Trump friendship overlapped for years before her current White House role.
