Posted on Aug 2, 2023
Pacific NW faith leaders denounce tour by Christian firebrand over hateful rhetoric
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Dozens of faith leaders in Oregon, Washington and Idaho sent a letter to local lawmakers last week protesting a tour by Sean Feucht, a Christian missionary and musician who spreads hateful, anti-LGBTQ rhetoric.
The letter was sent on Friday to lawmakers in the three states because Feucht visited Boise, Salem and Olympia this past weekend as part of his 50-state “Kingdom to the Capitol” tour.
Feucht is a Christian nationalist and Trump supporter who is also affiliated with the conservative nonprofit Turning Point USA. He rose to prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic due to his fierce rejection of public health measures.
More recently, he has said on social media that drag queens are demonic, sick, twisted and “perverting the minds of children” and spoken about a Christian uprising. He is also the former worship leader at Bethel Church in Redding, California.
The letter was organized by the Portland-based civil rights nonprofit Western States Center.
“We reject these attempts to cloak bigotry in religious language, and we ask you to do the same,” the letter reads. “This rhetoric is especially dangerous when paired with Sean Feucht’s and Turning Point USA Faith’s willingness to court political violence across our region and the country.”
The letter was sent on Friday to lawmakers in the three states because Feucht visited Boise, Salem and Olympia this past weekend as part of his 50-state “Kingdom to the Capitol” tour.
Feucht is a Christian nationalist and Trump supporter who is also affiliated with the conservative nonprofit Turning Point USA. He rose to prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic due to his fierce rejection of public health measures.
More recently, he has said on social media that drag queens are demonic, sick, twisted and “perverting the minds of children” and spoken about a Christian uprising. He is also the former worship leader at Bethel Church in Redding, California.
The letter was organized by the Portland-based civil rights nonprofit Western States Center.
“We reject these attempts to cloak bigotry in religious language, and we ask you to do the same,” the letter reads. “This rhetoric is especially dangerous when paired with Sean Feucht’s and Turning Point USA Faith’s willingness to court political violence across our region and the country.”
Pacific NW faith leaders denounce tour by Christian firebrand over hateful rhetoric
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."One of the first commands and one of the greatest commands that Jesus Christ gave was to love one another as He has loved us. If you don’t have love for your fellow man, then you’re not following his teachings. And when I look at that, I’m saying, ‘How can you get anyone who wants to ask Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior when you are preaching so much hate?’” she said. “That is absolutely wrong.”
Reverend Dr. Kelly Wadsworth from Westminster Presbyterian Church in Salem also signed the letter.
“The role of the state in relation to the religious community is to provide a wide container for human expression and flourishing. It is not the role of the state to place undue limits on the people based on the dictates of one religious perspective. I signed the letter of concern because my understanding at this point is that the Kingdom [to the Capitol tour] event does not sufficiently support the separation of church and state, the balance of power, or full and equal human rights for all,” she wrote in a statement.
Feucht’s tour will include Seattle and Spokane later in August."
..."One of the first commands and one of the greatest commands that Jesus Christ gave was to love one another as He has loved us. If you don’t have love for your fellow man, then you’re not following his teachings. And when I look at that, I’m saying, ‘How can you get anyone who wants to ask Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior when you are preaching so much hate?’” she said. “That is absolutely wrong.”
Reverend Dr. Kelly Wadsworth from Westminster Presbyterian Church in Salem also signed the letter.
“The role of the state in relation to the religious community is to provide a wide container for human expression and flourishing. It is not the role of the state to place undue limits on the people based on the dictates of one religious perspective. I signed the letter of concern because my understanding at this point is that the Kingdom [to the Capitol tour] event does not sufficiently support the separation of church and state, the balance of power, or full and equal human rights for all,” she wrote in a statement.
Feucht’s tour will include Seattle and Spokane later in August."
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