Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made an appeal directly to African-American voters while speaking at a black church in Detroit on Saturday and said they are 'God's greatest gift to our nation.'

The billionaire traveled to the city for a special service at the Great Faith International Ministries church along with Dr. Ben Carson and Omarosa Manigault, his director of African-American Outreach.

As the choir sang a Christian selection and members of the audience clapped their hands, Trump sported a slight grin as he swayed back and forth seemingly dancing along to the music.

His latest trip comes amid criticism that Trump has yet to bring his message into black communities across America, after weeks of trying to appeal to black voters.

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Donald Trump (above) made an appeal directly to African-American voters while speaking at a black church in Detroit on Saturday

The billionaire (above) traveled to the city for a special service at the Great Faith International Ministries church

As the choir sang a Christian selection and members of the audience clapped their hands, Trump (above) sported a slight grin as he swayed back and forth seemingly dancing along

Trump (above) made an appeal directly to African-American voters while speaking at the church and said they are 'God's greatest gift to our nation'

Donald Trump leans in to kiss a baby at the Great Faith International Ministries church

During his 20 minute remarks, Trump said: 'For centuries, the African-American church has been the conscience of this country. So true.

'The African-American faith community has been one of God's greatest gifts to America and its people.'

Trump vowed that if he was elected president he would bring jobs back to impoverished black communities.

Trump also promised that he would provide better education for the children who live within impoverished black neighborhoods.

'But today, I'm here to listen,' he said while reading from a hand-written message. 'I mean it from the heart.'

'I want to help you rebuild Detroit, make the city the economic envy of the world,' he said to applause. 'Things are going to get better.'

He also told the congregation that African-American churches were the foundation of the civil rights movement, and included the Christian faith.

He vowed that if he was elected president he would bring jobs back to impoverished black communities. His pictured above next to Omarosa Manigualt at the service

Jackson presented Trump with two gifts: a prayer shawl and a 'Jewish Heritage Study Bible.' Trump (above) put the shawl on, draping it around his back and over both his shoulders.

Jackson said: 'This is a prayer shawl straight from Israel. Whenever you're flying from coast to coast ... there is an anointing'. Above Trump stands on stage wearing the gift

Before putting it on him, Jackson said: 'I prayed over this personally and I fasted over it and I wanted to just put this on you.' Above Trump stands on stage wearing the gift

While speaking in a measured tone, he said: 'Our nation is too divided. We talk past each other and not to each other.

'And those who seek office do not do enough to step into the community and learn what's going on.

'I'm here today to learn, so that we can together remedy injustice in any form, and so that we can also remedy economics so that the African-American community can benefit economically through jobs and income and so many other different ways.

'I believe we need a civil rights agenda for our time.'

And Trump invoked Abraham Lincoln in his speech.

'Becoming the nominee of the party of Abraham Lincoln - a lot of people don’t realize Abraham Lincoln, the great Abraham Lincoln, was a Republican - has been the greatest honor of my life,' Trump said, according to CBS News.

'It is on his legacy that I hope to build the future of the party, but more important, the future of the country and the community.'

The event on Saturday included the businessman being interviewed by Bishop Wayne Jackson, the church's leader, as it will appear on his cable TV show Thursday night.

Jackson presented Trump with two gifts: a prayer shawl and a 'Jewish Heritage Study Bible.'

'This is a prayer shawl straight from Israel. Whenever you're flying from coast to coast -- I know you just came back from Mexico and you'll be flying from city to city -- there is an anointing,' Jackson said.

After leaving church, Trump took a tour of Dr. Ben Carson's childhood home in southwest Detroit. Trump, Carson and Manigualt (above) chatted with the home owner, Felicia Reese, outside

Trump joked that since Carson grew up there, the location was famous: 'This house is worth a lot of money!' Above left to right: Reese, Manigualt, Trump and Carson

As Trump (above) left the area to return to the airport, he said: 'This is a great day!'

'And anointing is the power of God. It's going to be sometimes in your life that you're going to feel forsaken, you're going to feel down, but the anointing is going to lift you up.

'I prayed over this personally and I fasted over it and I wanted to just put this on you.'

Trump put the shawl on, draping it around his back and over both his shoulders.

Like many of his past events, people protested outside and some even argued with police about being denied access inside of the event.

Some chanted the phrase, 'No hate in the White House,' as other yelled, 'What do you have to lose?' ... 'Everything.'

The second chant is a play on Trump's attempt to appeal to black voters, when he asked a few weeks ago, 'What do you have to lose?'

Like many of his past events, people protested outside and some even argued with police about being denied access inside of the event. Above protesters are pictured outside of the church

Some chanted the phrase, 'No hate in the White House,'while carrying signs that read 'No White Supremacy In The White House.' Above protesters are pictured outside of the church

Above Susan Belskus of Ypsillanti, Michigan protests Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump outside of Great Faith International Ministries Church

Rosendo Delgado, 62, told the Detroit Free Press that the real estate mogul 'shoots from the hip without analyzing what he is saying.'

Delgado,who is Latino was one of the many people protesting against Trump outside of the church.

Susan Belskus of Ypsillanti, Michigan protested Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump outside of Great Faith International Ministries Church on Saturday.

She wore a Obama/Biden campaign shirt from their 2008 campaign while holding a large sign over her head that read, 'Mr hate leave my state'. The sign had a photo of Trump in the middle with is face crossed out.

Detroit Police Chief James Craig said that the protesters were peaceful and no one was arrested.

After leaving church, Trump took a tour of Carson's childhood bungalow style home in southwest Detroit.

Above Trump poses for a photo with police officers who formed part of his motorcade on the tarmac in Detroit

Trump and Carson chatted with the home owner, Felicia Reese, outside for a few minutes.

Reese purchased the stone facing home in 1992.

Trump joked that since Carson grew up there, the location was famous: 'This house is worth a lot of money!'

Manigualt told Reese: You're talking to a real estate genius!' and then said she would send Reese a copy of 'The Art of the Deal.'

As Trump left the area to return to the airport, he said: 'This is a great day!'

Asked what he thought of the day's visit to church and seeing Carson's home, he remarked: 'I loved it. I really liked it.'

Carson added: 'It was wonderful.'