In 1986, I met the celebrated pastor Norman Vincent Peale and his Iowa-born wife, Ruth, in New York City’s Plaza hotel — which was then owned by Donald Trump. After telling him I’d read ...

Trump's connection with Norman Vincent Peale Trump got to know ... to worship at Marble Collegiate Church, where Peale was the head pastor. Donald and both his sisters were married there, and ...

and for eight years he was pastor of Manhattan’s prestigious Marble Collegiate Church—a post now held by his friend and disciple, Norman Vincent Peale. Poling also served for a time as head of ...