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The traveling anti-queer pastor Sean Feucht announces lawsuit against Spokane

By Aaron Hedge ● Faith & Politics ● June 5, 2024

During a recent Spokane visit, Feucht preached on a bridge, continued his anti-queer rhetoric about Pride month and prepared to drop a lawsuit against the city for their 2023 denouncement of then-Mayor Woodward

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Sean Feucht is back in Spokane

By Aaron Hedge & Holly VanVoorhis ● Faith & Politics ● May 31, 2024

Matt Shea is hosting Sean Feucht for a worship event at his church, the latest in a spring series of Christian nationalist events. Here’s what he’s been up to since he was in town last year and who he is.

Michael Flynn and Matt Shea onstage

It’s going to be a hell of a summer for a local far-right church

By Aaron Hedge ● Faith & Politics ● May 15, 2024

As the 2024 election approaches, Matt Shea is hosting a spate of events with prominent Christian nationalist figures — including former Trump National Security Advisor Michael Flynn — in preparation for a ‘season of revival’ and, Shea hopes, a remaking of Washington in the Christian God’s image.

‘I think they forgot we existed here, too’

By Adir Blüm ● Faith & Politics ● December 22, 2023

Spokane City Council was quick with a resolution supporting Israel and denouncing anti-Semitism. 74 days later, with Islamophobic hate ongoing in Spokane, Muslim and Arab community members wonder if support for them will ever come.

What’s behind the ‘Don’t mess with our kids’ message Nadine Woodward is posing next to

By Aaron Hedge ● Faith & Politics ● November 6, 2023

A photo of the mayor posing with a constituent wearing an anti-trans shirt came two days before a heated election and two months after her controversial appearance at a Christian nationalist concert.

Zach Williams meets the redemption machine

By Aaron Hedge ● Faith & Politics ● October 29, 2023

Far-right celebrity pastor Sean Feucht, Matt Shea and allies built a massive media campaign claiming to have saved the soul of an unhoused Spokane man. The man tells a different story.

‘Condemnation only validates the power of the Gospel’

By Aaron Hedge ● Faith & Politics ● September 25, 2023

As Spokane City Council considers denouncing Mayor Woodward for her participation in a Christian nationalist concert, the worship pastor responsible is casting himself as a martyr and fundraising off the proposal.

Conservative Christians protest proposed censure of Woodward

By Aaron Hedge ● Faith & Politics ● September 12, 2023

The mayor has spent 3 weeks quietly trying to distance herself from Matt Shea and other Christian nationalists. Shea, his allies and congregants are helping her anyway.

Shea reiterates Woodward agreed to be at Let Us Worship before any fires started

By Aaron Hedge ● Faith & Politics ● August 27, 2023

Woodward hasn’t spoken about the event since Monday, but Shea had plenty to say on his podcast last Tuesday.

Faith leaders call on Woodward to formally support separation of church and state

By Luke Baumgarten & Erin Sellers ● Faith & Politics ● August 24, 2023

The letter comes after the mayor appeared at a Christian nationalist event in Spokane.