Pacific NW faith leaders denounce tour by Christian firebrand over hateful rhetoric

Dozens of faith leaders in Oregon, Washington and Idaho sent a letter to local lawmakers last week protesting a tour by Sean Feucht, a Christian missionary and musician who spreads hateful, anti-LGBTQ rhetoric.

The letter was sent on Friday to lawmakers in the three states because Feucht visited Boise, Salem and Olympia this past weekend as part of his 50-state “Kingdom to the Capitol” tour.

Feucht is a Christian nationalist and Trump supporter who is also affiliated with the conservative nonprofit Turning Point USA. He rose to prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic due to his fierce rejection of public health measures.

More recently, he has said on social media that drag queens are demonic, sick, twisted and “perverting the minds of children” and spoken about a Christian uprising. He is also the former worship leader at Bethel Church in Redding, California.

The letter was organized by the Portland-based civil rights nonprofit Western States Center.

“We reject these attempts to cloak bigotry in religious language, and we ask you to do the same,” the letter reads. “This rhetoric is especially dangerous when paired with Sean Feucht’s and Turning Point USA Faith’s willingness to court political violence across our region and the country.”