Chuck Darwin<p>Christian Nationalists Team Up on Illicit Push to Get Churches to Campaign for Trump</p><p>During a weekend broadcast of his podcast, the influential Christian nationalist “apostle” <br />♦️Lance Wallnau ♦️unveiled a new collaboration with <br />🔸Turning Point USA 🔸that aims to get “civically enlightened” pastors to turn out their faithful for the “America First agenda.” </p><p>The effort will be primarily focused, Wallnau said, in the purple states of Arizona, Wisconsin, and Georgia.</p><p>For weeks, Wallnau has been dropping hints about a swing-state effort to turn out coreligionists for Trump. </p><p>And during the Saturday broadcast of the Lance Wallnau Show, he announced that he’s joined forces with Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, a powerful conservative group that has recently embraced Christian nationalism, including by promoting a 50-state prayer tour at the nation’s state houses.</p><p>Both Wallnau and Kirk have been calling on pastors to throw caution to the wind, with Kirk explicitly offering resources to pastors who seek to 👉 “challenge the IRS.” </p><p>On his podcast, Wallnau insisted, “We’ve got to see the courageous churches come together. We’re encouraging the churches to stand with us.” </p><p>According to Wallnau, TPUSA has already recruited 2,500 churches “to stand with an America First Agenda.” </p><p>It is not clear from his description if all of those congregations are in swing states. </p><p>During his podcast, Wallnau insisted that the "Courage Tour" will also be working with right-wing women’s groups including <br />🔹Moms for America🔹 — which touts “truth, family, freedom and the Constitution” — and 🔹Concerned Women for America🔹, a group dedicated to “Biblical values and Constitutional principles.” </p><p>Wallnau insisted: “We’re creating a broad net.” </p><p>Christian nationalism is an ideology that insists that Christians hold a place of privilege in the stewardship of America, which adherents assert, ahistorically, was founded as a Christian nation. </p><p>Christian nationalists often literally demonize their opponents, seeing them as under the sway of satanic forces. </p><p>QThe movement poses a danger to democracy because it “sees no room for compromise,” Andrew Whitehead, author of Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States, has told Rolling Stone. </p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AmericaFirstAgenda" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AmericaFirstAgenda</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LanceWallnau" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LanceWallnau</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ChristianNationalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ChristianNationalist</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/CharlieKirk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CharlieKirk</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/TurningPointUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TurningPointUSA</span></a><br /><a href="https://c.im/tags/MomsForAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MomsForAmerica</span></a><br /><a href="https://c.im/tags/ConcernedWomenForAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ConcernedWomenForAmerica</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/christian-nationalists-churches-campaign-trump-charlie-kirk-1234947887/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rollingstone.com/politics/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics-features/christian-nationalists-churches-campaign-trump-charlie-kirk-1234947887/</span></a></p>