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Suspected Assassin Preached on #SpiritualWarfare

Man charged with murdering Minnesota legislator said God would raise up apostles and prophets to correct the church.

Paul O'Donnell, June 16, 2025

"#VanceBoelter, the man arrested in connection with the killing of a Minnesota state legislator and her husband and the shooting of a state senator and his wife on June 14, is an #evangelical missionary who has preached in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in recent years.

"The FBI identified Boelter, 57, as a suspect in the killing of Rep. #MelissaHortman, a Democrat, and Mark Hortman at their home in Champlin, a suburb of Minneapolis. The suspect, who impersonated an officer to gain entry to the Hortmans’ home, was still at the crime scene when police officers arrived, but he escaped after an exchange of fire.

"Earlier, the suspect had shot and wounded Democratic state Sen. #JohnHoffman and his wife, Yvette Hoffman, at their home.

"Boelter identified himself on LinkedIn and other websites as the CEO and president of two security services companies, #PraetorianGuard Security Services and #RedLionGroup, the latter based in DRC, in Central Africa. On his LinkedIn page, which shows that he worked as a general manager at 7-11 in Minneapolis until 2021, he lists himself as open to work.

"But in a video dated February 2023, Boelter is seen preaching at La Borne Matadi, a church in Matadi, on the western coast of the DRC. In one sermon he tells the audience that 'people don’t know what sex they are' because the devil 'has gotten so far into their mind and their soul.'

"In another sermon at the church, one of three he gave from 2021 to 2023, according to Wired, Boelter said, 'They don’t know abortion is wrong, many churches,' he told the audience. 'They don’t have the gifts flowing. God gives the body gifts. To keep balance. Because when the body starts moving in the wrong direction, when they’re one, and accepting the gifts, God will raise an apostle or prophet to correct their course.'

" 'God is going to raise up apostles and prophets in America,' he added, 'to correct his church.'

"On the now-defunct website for #Revoformation, a nonprofit apparently founded by Boelter, a biography said that he was ordained in 1993 and had attended #ChristForTheNationsInstitute in Dallas, a #charismatic 'Spirit-filled Bible School,' according to its website, that helps develop ministry skills."

Read more:
christianitytoday.com/2025/06/

#MAGA #ChristoFascists
#MAGADeathCult #assassination #USPol #RightWing #MakeAmericaHateAgain #ChristianNationalism

Christianity Today · Suspected Assassin Preached on Spiritual WarfareMan charged with murdering Minnesota legislator said God would raise up apostles and prophets to correct the church.

Why do so many #evangelical leaders end up being… creeps?

"In this video, I explore the disturbing pattern of #abuse, manipulation, and scandal among #Christian leaders — from #prosperitygospel #televangelists to #culturewar #preachers. This isn’t just about a few bad apples. These #ministries attract creeps, protect them, and often reward them for their worst behavior."

youtube.com/watch?v=4wfaBXYEQLA

motherjones.com/politics/2025/

True believers are convinced Christ will return to earth not to establish a #ConstitutionalDemocracy but an absolute #theocraticmonarchy in which the ruler can never be questioned. In the end, this both explains what we are witnessing in the #evangelical dismissal of the #Epstein scandal and encapsulates the gravest danger we face as Americans.

Mother JonesWhy evangelicals couldn't care less about Trump's Epstein scandalThey have a long history of falling for narcissists posing as Saviors.

You shouldn’t judge all evangelicals.
They can make music, and they have some pretty daughters too. Unfortunately, they are traditionally sold in cattle auctions. (Sorry, Purple Hulls. I'm a big fan. It's just customary in my region to make fun of religions.)

youtube.com/watch?v=3DxUOKfRK8

word.undead-network.de/2025/07
#banjo #bluegrass #evangelical #guitar #jesus #purplehulls #texas

I heard a woman's laugh below my window—and then I fell asleep. And in the dark I dreamt a dream. I dreamt God took my soul to Hell.
...
Then there rose one among the feasters, who said, "My brethren, let us pray!"
And all the men and women rose: and strong men bowed their heads, and mothers folded their little children's hands together, and turned their faces upwards, to the roof. And he who first had risen stood at the table head, and stretched out both his hands, and his beard was long and white, and his sleeves and his beard had been dipped in wine; and because the sleeves were wide and full they held much wine, and it dropped down upon the floor.

And he cried, "My brothers and my sisters, let us pray."
And all the men and women answered, "Let us pray."
He cried, "For this fair banquet-house we thank thee, Lord."
And all the men and women said "We thank thee, Lord."
"Thine is this house, dear Lord."
"Thine is this house."
"For us hast thou made it."
"For us."
"Oh, fill our jars with wine, dear Lord."
"Our jars with wine."
"Give peace and plenty in our time, dear Lord."
"𝙋𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚"—𝙄 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙂𝙤𝙙, "𝙒𝙝𝙤𝙢 𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤?" 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, "𝘿𝙤 𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙤𝙛?" 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙨𝙖𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙛; 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙚, 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙡𝙖𝙮.

-- Olive Schreiner, Dreams

Comment: Have you ever attended a #religious #service at an #evangelical #church?

Comment 2: If they ever find out who/where I am they will burn me at the stake, won't they?

Good ol #Christofascism. AKA:

The
#SevenMountainMandate, also Seven Mountains Mandate, #7M, #7MM, or Seven Mountains #Dominionism, is a #dominionist #conservative #Christian movement within #evangelical #Christianity, particularly independent Charismatic groups. It holds that there are seven aspects of society that believers seek to dominate: #family, #religion, #education, #media, #arts and #entertainment, #business, and #government.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Mountain_Mandate

en.wikipedia.orgSeven Mountain Mandate - Wikipedia

"In addition to a behavioral and ideological rulebook, white evangelical culture provided me with one other thing I’d been chasing after my whole life: an entry point into dominant white culture.
I wanted to un-other myself and believed that I could assimilate myself into safety, power and love."

huffpost.com/entry/trump-voter

HuffPost · I Voted For Trump In 2016. When He Won, I Was Shocked By How Brutally My Life Changed Overnight.By Julia Wu