Richard Kessler was pastor at the Lightning and Thunder Ministry Apostolic Center in Ottumwa, Iowa.
Kessler claimed to have personally spoken to the Christian god and to have received prophecies during these encounters.
He died a few weeks after joining Donald Trump’s Iowa Faith Leader Coalition.
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 extremist Christian Nationalist preachers who are members of the Coalition.