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Christian Identity (also known as Identity Christianity [1]) is an interpretation of Christianity which advocates the belief that only Celtic and Germanic peoples, such as the Anglo-Saxon, Nordic nations, or the Aryan race and kindred peoples, are the descendants of the ancient Israelites and are therefore God's "chosen people".
Gordon Phillip Winrod (December 30, 1926 – August 29, 2018) was an American Christian Identity minister who was sentenced to a 30-year prison term for abducting six of his grandchildren in 1994 and 1995. [1] [2] Winrod was also ordered to pay up to $26 million after two of his grandchildren brought suit against him. [3]
San Jacinto Capt was an influential figure in the formation of Christian Identity. He was a former klansman, pyramidologist, and an advocate of Anglo-Israelism. [1] Capt was the father of archaeologist E. Raymond Capt. Capt is responsible for converting William Potter Gale to Christian Identity and facilitated his initial training.
Opinion: Columnist Pat Brothwell is baffled by how Christians will support bigoted and hateful candidates like Mark Robinson and Donald Trump.
According to Pew Research Center "most Christians in Western Europe today are non-practicing, but Christian identity still remains a meaningful religious, social and cultural marker", [29] where 55% of Western Europeans identified themselves as non-practicing Christians, and 18% identified themselves as church-attending Christians. [30]
In the 1960s, Emry was the vice chairman of Christian Research, Inc. in Minneapolis, Minnesota. [3] [4] In 1967, Emry accompanied Stadsklev on a two mission trips to Phoenix, Arizona and was encouraged to move there permanently in full-time Identity ministry. [1] Emry founded America's Promise Ministries in 1967 in Phoenix, Arizona. [5]
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In the 1940s, Swift founded his own church, Anglo-Saxon Christian Congregation, which he renamed the Church of Jesus Christ–Christian in 1957. [1] [11] The church's website now states that "Wesley Swift is considered the single most significant figure in the early years of the Christian Identity movement in the United States."