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Bethel Church’s Bill Johnson Doubles Down on Divisive Culture Wars as 2024 Campaign Season Begins

Editor’s note: this story has been changed to reflect only what the article from the Atlantic states. “This isn’t a political battle. It’s a war against pure evil.” So states the promo video for the America Upheld California Leadership Summit and… Continue Reading

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Sean Feucht & Far-Right Christians Descend on Washington, D.C. for Sept. 11 ‘Let Us Worship’ Event

To commemorate the 20-year anniversary of the September 11 attacks, Redding-based Christian singer, songwriter and worship leader Sean Feucht hosted a two-day “Let Us Worship” event at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The event took place on September 11 and… Continue Reading

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Sean Feucht’s New Brand of Bethel Church-Inspired Radical Militant Christianity on Display in Portland

For more than a year, Sean Feucht, a right-wing political evangelical Christian activist, a worship leader at Bethel Church, and a musician and songwriter for the Bethel Music label, has traveled across the United States. On his cross-county trek, he’s… Continue Reading

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Bethel Church Embraces Socialism, Rakes in $1.7 Million in COVID Funding

It’s safe to say that Bethel senior leader Bill Johnson is no socialist. If he hadn’t done so earlier, the self-appointed local apostle and prophet made his opposition to liberté, égalité, fraternité publicly known in November 2016, in an opinion… Continue Reading

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Rep. Doug LaMalfa and the Big Lie

It can’t be easy being California’s 1st Congressional District Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R). The cognitive dissonance alone must be intense, like tinnitus from attending too many Grateful Dead concerts. After almost two decades in public service, LaMalfa’s still best known… Continue Reading

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‘Know Jesus, No Mask’: How a Charismatic Worship Leader Bamboozled His Way to the Sundial Bridge

Yesterday was the one-week anniversary of Bethel-Church member Sean Feucht’s controversial worship concert at the Sundial Bridge in Redding. Once again, incredulous outsiders are left to wonder what’s in Shasta County’s water to cause our residents to behave so recklessly… Continue Reading