Donald Trump lists Dennis Thede in the Iowa Faith Leader Coalition as a “board member” from Greene County, Iowa.
Dennis Thede is not, however, actually on the board of the church that he attends. Dennis Thede goes, along with Linda Thede, to the Trinity Lutheran Church in Jefferson, Iowa.
Dennis Thede’s name is not among those who are listed on the church’s board.
Dennis Thede describes himself on his Facebook profile as a retired train conductor who used to work on the Union Pacific Railroad.
The 317 members of the Iowa Faith Leader Coalition each carry a story in their minds about what led them as individuals to proclaim that their religious leadership would be devoted to the political career of Donald Trump. Some of those stories have been shared in public, though many of them remain in the privacy of Coalition members’ own consciences.
Beyond these individual stories, there is a larger narrative about the impact of Christian Nationalism on American politics and the radically transformative plans of Christian Nationalists for the American future.
These stories are told in a new book on the subject. It’s called Donald Trump’s Army of God: Christian Nationalism in the Iowa Faith Leader Coalition.
It sounds crazy, but it’s real. What they intend to do to America is too extreme for us to ignore.
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.