Dave Tyree is pastor at the Church of Christ of Chariton in Chariton, Iowa.
David Tyree is the father of Jimmy Tyree, a truck driver who joined the Iowa Faith Leader Coalition as a “pastor” even though the only record of him being a religious leader was as a youth pastor twelve years ago.
David Tyree joined other Christian Nationalist pastors in declaring that all marriages in the United States must obey harsh Christian religious rules about who can be married and how married couples must behave. Tyree signed a letter sent to the Iowa state legislature demanding that the legislators submit themselves to the power of Christian leaders.
The letter stated that Christian rules about marriage must be obeyed by everyone:
“Because God is God of all, there is no structural difference between religious and civil marriage. The essence of marriage remains the same in both the religious and civil realms. (Col. 1:15-19) The acknowledgement of, and reference to, marriage in the laws of our state and nation does not create a second realm of marriage that is somehow divorced from the only definition determined by God.”
Donald Trump’s Army of God: Christian Nationalism in the Iowa Faith Leader Coalition is a new book about the alarming role of militant Christian Nationalism behind the innocuous label of “faith” in Iowa politics.
The book examines the extremist Christian Nationalist ideology, grounded in details about the beliefs and actions of 317 actual Christian Nationalists who are working to undermine democracy across the state of Iowa.
The radicalization of the Iowa Christians profiled in this book enables us to understand the motivations and methods within the Christian Nationalism that exerts an increasing toxic influence in American political culture.
The Iowa Faith Leader Coalition is a radical political organization that violates the law
Learn more about the extremist preachers of Christian Nationalism who are members of the Iowa Faith Leader Coalition.