Doug Wilson

Doug Wilson spent decades on the Christian nationalist fringe. Now he’s preaching inside the Pentagon. The pastor, who has defended slavery, called for repealing the 19th Amendment, criminalizing same-sex relationships, and reserving public office for Christians, built a nationwide network of churches, schools, and media outlets that is gaining influence at the highest levels of the Trump administration.

Once a fringe ideology, Christian nationalism is now embedded in U.S. political power. Figures like Sean Feucht, Doug Wilson, and David Barton are using celebrity activism, politically connected churches, and coordinated legislation to erode church-state separation and advance a theocratic agenda.

In 2026, places of worship around the world have increasingly become targets of far-right extremist threats and violence. GPAHE documents plots and attacks targeting synagogues, mosques, Sikh gurdwaras and churches across the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Poland. These cases show how extremist ideologies continue to translate online hate into real violence against faith communities.

Dusty Deevers co-authored a Christian nationalist manifesto, then entered the Oklahoma Senate to turn it into law. Introducing bills to criminalize abortion as murder. His legislative agenda became one of the clearest attempts yet to translate Christian nationalist ideology into state law, before Republican primary voters removed him from office.

Battle Ground, Washington, is becoming a blueprint for Christian nationalist localism. Through real estate, political influence, media ownership, and church networks, Maddox Industrial Transformer and its CEO, Camden Spiller, are transforming the town into a model for ideological control.

Mark Driscoll’s return to prominence reflects the growing reach of American Christian nationalism. Once forced out of mainstream evangelicalism amid abuse allegations and controversy, Driscoll rebuilt his platform through alliances with Charlie Kirk and TPUSA, bringing militant theology and extremist rhetoric into a political project increasingly pushing toward theocratic power.

A 565-page DOJ report frames enforcement of the law as “anti-Christian bias,” attacking LGBTQ+ protections, FACE Act prosecutions, and IRS rules on churches, while elevating Christian nationalist arguments and portraying the recognition of transgender people as opposition to “God’s created order.”