The Christian faith of leaders who will serve in the Trump administration

President-elect Donald Trump has spent much of his time forming his new administration before his inauguration on Jan. 20. Many have noticed that some of his appointments are devout Christians from different denominations.

Leading the Trump's transition team is Mike Pence, who has been vocal about his Christian faith. He has repeatedly described himself as "a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican, in that order," according to The Christian Post. While he was raised as a Roman Catholic, he became a born-again Christian when he encountered a group of students at Hanover College. He and his wife Karen regularly attend The College Park Church in North Indianapolis.

Betsy DeVos is slated to be the next head of the Department of Education. She had previously served as an elder for Rob Bell's former church, Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids, and she has close ties to the Christian Reformed community in western Michigan. According to The New Yorker, she is a vocal proponent of charter schools, voucher programs, home schooling, and virtual education.

The president-elect's pick for the next attorney general is Jeff Sessions, who is the first senator to endorse Trump. He was a lay leader and Sunday school teacher at Ashland Place United Methodist Church in Mobile, Alabama. He has opposed overhauling immigration laws, and he is strongly in favor of erecting a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border.

Ben Carson, the famous neurosurgeon from Johns Hopkins, will be the next secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. While he attended a Seventh-Day Adventist church, he said that he also spent time in other churches because he believes that a relationship with God is more important than the denomination. His faith grew stronger when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

"And I just said, 'Lord, if it's time for me to go, You know what is best.' I don't want to go, but if it's time, that's fine, I trust You,'" he said in a 2008 interview with PBS.

Texas Governor Rick Perry has been selected to lead the Department of Energy. He is a staunch advocate of religious freedom, and he helped to organize a day-long fasting and prayer rally in Houston, Texas in 2011. He and his wife used to attend the Tarrytown United Methodist Church, but they moved to the nondenominational Lake Hills Church in Austin, Texas when he was governor.