Brian Tatman is pastor of the Eastern Hills Baptist Church in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Tatman’s prominent endorsement of Donald Trump and membership in Trump’s Iowa Faith Leader Coalition, in his position as pastor at Eastern Hills Baptist Church, illustrates the problems that arise when the separation of church and state is ignored.
On the one hand, Eastern Hills Baptist Church is aligned with Donald Trump. On the other hand, Eastern Hills Baptist church is the official voting location in the Garner precinct in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Because of Brian Tatman’s endorsement of Donald Trump and involvement in the Iowa Faith Leader Coalition, the election location for voters in this precinct is itself aligned with the 2024 Trump campaign. That puts Brian Tatman at the center of an unethical conflict of interest.
Donald Trump has promised his Christian supporters that he will use the power of the White House to defend and uphold their religion above all others. But what version of Christianity will that be?
Donald Trump’s Army of God: Christian Nationalism in the Iowa Faith Leader Coalition explores the culture of religious extremism, violence, intolerance, and dishonesty of the Iowa Christians who enabled Donald Trump to win the Iowa caucuses and seize the Republican Party presidential nomination in 2024.
The stories are shocking, but America cannot afford to ignore their lesson.
The Iowa Faith Leader Coalition is a radical political organization that violates American law
Let’s learn more about the extremist Christian Nationalists who are members of Donald Trump’s Iowa Faith Leader Coalition.