MOSCOW, Idaho (FāVS News) — In Pastor Doug Wilson’s Christian nationalist America, there would be no minarets — only the sound of church bell towers. There would be no statues of Hindu deities or other non-Christian religious symbols in public spaces. Adultery would carry legal penalties, and Obergefell v. Hodges would be overturned. Wilson says he’s not trying to get there tomorrow. But he and his Moscow, Idaho, church are building what he calls “a working prototype.”
“What I mean by Christian nationalism is America being what it was founded to be,” said Toby Sumpter, a pastor at Christ Church, the congregation led by Wilson.
Sumpter joined Wilson and Pastor Jared Longshore, dean at New Saint Andrews College, the school run by Christ Church, at a town hall on the University of Idaho campus, where the three laid out their vision for America’s future.
The trio made national headlines last year after they appeared together in a CNN profile examining Wilson’s Christian nationalist movement and its ties to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Turnout for Thursday’s (April 9) event, hosted by Collegiate Reformed Fellowship — a student organization affiliated with Christ Church, was small and subdued compared to previous town halls, which drew standing-room-only crowds, protesters and outbursts from local residents.
At the beginning of the town hall, Longshore said the term “Christian nationalist” was slapped on Christ Church by others.
“We didn’t pick this name for ourselves — it was picked for us,” he said. “Other people slapped it on us because we said Jesus is Lord of the state.”
The pastors argued that Christian nationalism isn’t a new idea — it’s a return to America’s founding. They pointe …
