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Truth & Liberty Coalition expands culture war to 30 Colorado school boards (religionnews.com)
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DENVER (RNS) — In 2021, Andrew Wommack told his followers to “take over” Woodland Park, a mountain town of 8,000 near Colorado Springs. The televangelist and Charis Bible College founder had been saying for years that “the time has come” for Christians to stop focusing only on their faith and start working to gain political influence.

“We have enough people here in this school we could elect anybody we want,” he said at a meeting of the Citizen’s Academy, an event held at Charis by the Truth & Liberty Coalition, a nonprofit organization also founded by Wommack. “This county ought to be totally dominated by believers.”

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[–] oDDmON@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why do these movements with “Liberty” and “Freedom” in their names have so little in common with either?

[–] bitsplease@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Same reason it's called the "Democratic People's Republic of NK"

[–] Motavader@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

“This county ought to be totally dominated by believers.”

Christian nationalists are so oblivious to how much they sound like the Taliban. It would be hilarious if it wasn't so terrifying.