Figie claims to be a “prophet” who is capable of communicating with the divine ruler of the universe.
The Heaven’s Chapel church sometimes hosts visiting pastors who, like Paul Figie, claim to be prophets and to speak the word of the Christian god. Among these is Fred Aguilar, who left a prophecy made specifically by the Christian god to Figie’s Heaven’s Chapel church. This prophecy claims that Christianity will soon gain control of the counties surrounding the church: “The enemy has fought against you and has tried to dissuade You, for he knows his time is short and he also knows he is about to lose his control and authority in this region. He knew from the moment that You came to this Region that You were My Chosen Servant to break the Chains of Bondage here!”
You won’t find prophecies about western Illinois like these in the Bible. They’re made up by apostolic preachers who ask people to believe that they are merely passing along messages they receive through supernatural communications.
Does that kind of modern-day magic seem like a stable foundation for government in the United States of America?
Paul Figie used to be the pastor at a church called Heaven’s Chapel in Mount Carroll, Illinois.
Heaven’s Chapel is a Christian Nationalist church, emphasizing the ability of Christians to take dominate the nations in which they live, “dedicated to the advancement of the kingdom of heaven”. The church prominently cites a passage from the Book of Isaiah stating, “I will multiply the least of you into a thousand and the weakest one into a mighty nation. I am Yahweh, and when the right time comes, I will accomplish it swiftly!”
Figie ran for mayor of Sabula in 2021, and was the only candidate on the ballot. However, Figie was so unpopular that he was defeated by a write-in candidate in that election.
Donald Trump’s Army of God: Christian Nationalism in the Iowa Faith Leader Coalition is a new book about the alarming truth of militant Christian Nationalism hidden behind the innocuous label of faith in Iowa politics.
As “a case study in the violent extremism that has come to define the presidential election of 2024,” 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 growing toxic influence of Christian Nationalism all across the USA.
The Iowa Faith Leader Coalition is a radical political organization that violates the law
Learn more about the radical Christian Nationalist preachers who are members of the Coalition.