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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Inland Northwest is a promised land to some of the movement’s most devoted theorists, and prime real estate for those envisioning a Biblical nation-state.
