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==History== | ==History== | ||
The church was originally known as the '''Anglo-Saxon Christian Congregation in Lancaster, California''', assuming its present name in 1957.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bochicchio |first1=Ana |title=Justification by Race: Wesley Swift's White Supremacy and Anti-Semitic Theological Views in His Christian Identity Sermons |journal=Journal of Hate Studies |date=5 October 2021 |volume=17 |issue=1 |page=38 |doi=10.33972/jhs.183 |access-date=11 May 2024 |url=https://jhs.press.gonzaga.edu/articles/10.33972/jhs.183|hdl=11336/145441 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> The hyphenated name was used to express the | The church was originally known as the '''Anglo-Saxon Christian Congregation in Lancaster, California''', assuming its present name in 1957.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bochicchio |first1=Ana |title=Justification by Race: Wesley Swift's White Supremacy and Anti-Semitic Theological Views in His Christian Identity Sermons |journal=Journal of Hate Studies |date=5 October 2021 |volume=17 |issue=1 |page=38 |doi=10.33972/jhs.183 |access-date=11 May 2024 |url=https://jhs.press.gonzaga.edu/articles/10.33972/jhs.183|hdl=11336/145441 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> The hyphenated name would seem unobjectionable to an outsider, but was used to express the Identity belief that Jesus was not a Jew.{{Sfn|Barkun|1997|p=63}} | ||
After Wesley Swift's death in 1970, the ministry was continued by his wife Lorraine Swift. Roy Gillaspie and [[Arnold Murray (pastor)|Arnold Murray]] were in leadership positions between 1950 and the 1970s.<ref name="spl2">{{cite web|url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2008/branson-televangelist-arnold-murray-preaches-christian-identity-theology|publisher=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]]|date=May 8, 2008|accessdate=2022-04-26|title=A popular Arkansas televangelist says his theology about the 'Kenites' is not anti-Semitic. The evidence suggests otherwise}}</ref> | After Wesley Swift's death in 1970, the ministry was continued by his wife Lorraine Swift. Roy Gillaspie and [[Arnold Murray (pastor)|Arnold Murray]] were in leadership positions between 1950 and the 1970s.<ref name="spl2">{{cite web|url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2008/branson-televangelist-arnold-murray-preaches-christian-identity-theology|publisher=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]]|date=May 8, 2008|accessdate=2022-04-26|title=A popular Arkansas televangelist says his theology about the 'Kenites' is not anti-Semitic. The evidence suggests otherwise}}</ref> | ||
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The church resurfaced in August 2009, five years after the death of [[Richard Girnt Butler|Richard Butler]], who resumed the ministry after the death of Swift.{{Citation needed|date=August 2007}} The church is now headed by a council of three men, including Senior Pastor Paul R. Mullet.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cdapress.com/news/2010/feb/25/human-rights-by-example-5/|title=Human rights by example|first=Alecia|last=Warren|date=February 25, 2010|website=Coeur d'Alene Press}}</ref> | The church resurfaced in August 2009, five years after the death of [[Richard Girnt Butler|Richard Butler]], who resumed the ministry after the death of Swift.{{Citation needed|date=August 2007}} The church is now headed by a council of three men, including Senior Pastor Paul R. Mullet.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cdapress.com/news/2010/feb/25/human-rights-by-example-5/|title=Human rights by example|first=Alecia|last=Warren|date=February 25, 2010|website=Coeur d'Alene Press}}</ref> | ||
==Further reading== | |||
*''[[On the Edge: Political Cults Right and Left]]'' by [[Dennis Tourish]] and [[Tim Wohlforth]], 2000 | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
=== Footnotes === | |||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
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* {{Cite book |last=Barkun |first=Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bdGSbDaCQVsC |title=Religion and the Racist Right: The Origins of the Christian Identity Movement |date=1997 |publisher=UNC Press Books |isbn=978-0-8078-4638-4 |language=en}} | |||
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[[Category:Ku Klux Klan organizations]] | [[Category:Ku Klux Klan organizations]] | ||
[[Category:Christian denominations founded in the United States]] | [[Category:Christian denominations founded in the United States]] | ||
[[Category:Christian Identity groups]] | |||
Latest revision as of 23:50, 12 June 2025
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". Template:More citations needed Template:Christian Identity sidebar The Church of Jesus Christ–Christian is an American Christian Identity, white supremacist church, which was founded in 1946 by Ku Klux Klan organizer Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Wesley A. Swift in Lancaster, California. Swift was the son of a Methodist Episcopal Church, South minister and is considered a significant figure in the early years of the Christian Identity movement in the United States.[1] Swift's work and copyrights are carried on by Kingdom Identity Ministries.
History
The church was originally known as the Anglo-Saxon Christian Congregation in Lancaster, California, assuming its present name in 1957.[2] The hyphenated name would seem unobjectionable to an outsider, but was used to express the Identity belief that Jesus was not a Jew.Template:Sfn
After Wesley Swift's death in 1970, the ministry was continued by his wife Lorraine Swift. Roy Gillaspie and Arnold Murray were in leadership positions between 1950 and the 1970s.[3]
In February 2001, the names Church of Jesus Christ–Christian and Aryan Nations were transferred to Victoria and Jason Keenan when the Keenans won a US $6.3 million lawsuit against the organizations after being attacked by Aryan Nations paramilitary soldiers; the Aryan Nations compound was also transferred to the Keenans.[4] In March 2001, the Keenans sold the compound to the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Carr Foundation, a human rights organization which plans to build a human rights center on the property.[5]
The church resurfaced in August 2009, five years after the death of Richard Butler, who resumed the ministry after the death of Swift.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The church is now headed by a council of three men, including Senior Pastor Paul R. Mullet.[6]
Further reading
References
Footnotes
Source
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