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Warrior Poet Society, the gun-training company run by former Army Ranger John Lovell, scheduled a two-day course there on clearing a building alone[…]with an AR-15[…]
His congregation[…]began in 2023 as an offshoot of Grace City Church in Wenatchee, Washington, whose pastor, Josh McPherson, wrote an ebook titled Christian Nationalism[…]
The White House invited McPherson and 99 other pastors to mark the first 100 days of Trump’s second term. Bonny has described him as a firm believer “that government must ‘submit’ to religion”[…]
McPherson went on the podcast of Frank Turek to promote Freedom Con[…]McPherson praised the Black Robe Regiment, preachers of the Revolutionary era who he said “were willing to fight for and defend truth in real time with real bullets, in real battle.” Turek interjected, “We’re not advocating violence, just to be clear.” The pastor warned that if Americans neglect peaceful means, “there will come a time where we’re forced to either compromise or stand and fight”[…]
McPherson also posted that if Christians and churches “simply showed up and voted their conscience… we’d flip Washington State”[…]
McPherson’s men’s ministry, Stronger Man Nation, sells the conference merchandise, which includes a “Dragon Killer” shirt[…]The ministry also runs Project ManCard, a four-day rite of passage for boys 14 to 17. “Boys were made to kill dragons”[…]At the end of ManCard the boys recite a creed that closes with “I’ll kill the dragon. I’ll win the girl”[…]
[Lovell] toured the U.S. Capitol and posted four takeaways. Number one[…]that the country’s Christian founding is “simply undeniable.” Number three came with a chili pepper emoji and was aimed at other pastors. “Pastors are derelict in their duties as shepherds if they do not speak out on the policies that liberate or enslave their fellow man”[…]
The day before the 2024 election, Lovell wrote, “Vote Trump, folks,” and said a Trump win would mean “far less aborted babies, & chemically castrated kids”