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The Lancaster Examiner @lancpaexaminer.bsky.social · 19h

When the fascists are angry with you, you must be doing something right.

Thank goodness for the @buckscountybeacon.com.

Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 20h

Moms for Liberty CEO & Co-Founder Tina Descovich verbally attacked the @buckscountybeacon.com at Harrisburg-area event last week while introducing Bucks Chapter Chair Jamie Tromba. Our crime? Journalism. Read more here: bit.ly/46XkOQh (And don't forget to support progressive, independent media!)

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The Lancaster Examiner @lancpaexaminer.bsky.social · 11d

Pausing because I have a life and family and this work is unpaid. May or may not finish it. Wish I could find funding because I love this work and believe in it. Local journalism grants are not interested in this work and local news outlets won’t report it. Not a good situation, IMO.

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The Lancaster Examiner @lancpaexaminer.bsky.social · 11d

4️⃣ Spirtual Warfare, check.

ECC, HarvestNet, Gateway House of Prayer & their network of churches often lean into language of spiritual warfare. Some of their churches organized & attended a Jericho march in protest of a library Drag Story Hour - cancelled the next day due to bomb threats.

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The Lancaster Examiner @lancpaexaminer.bsky.social · 11d

3️⃣ Apostolic Governance, check.

ECC founder Barry Wissler later founded HarvestNet International, which is exactly that.

ECC is also connected to Randy Clark’s, um, Apostolic Network of Global Awakening and the Hopewell Network of Churches.

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The Lancaster Examiner @lancpaexaminer.bsky.social · 11d

2️⃣ Seven mountain mandate, check. From the @motherjones.com piece: “As far as the Seven Mountain teaching was concerned: “We do agree [the mountains] are there.”

View attached images to see just a few examples of ECC’s Seven Mountain Mandate language.

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The Lancaster Examiner @lancpaexaminer.bsky.social · 12d

NAR leaders distancing themselves from the term is common. Let’s check a couple data points, shall we?

1️⃣ Fivefold ministry, check. Ehrman references it in video above and I personally heard it discussed at ECC last fall.

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The Lancaster Examiner @lancpaexaminer.bsky.social · 12d

@kieraevebutler.bsky.social spoke with Ehrman in her piece for @motherjones.com last fall.

“I met executive pastor Jim Ehrman, who told me that he had only recently learned about NAR.”

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Kiera Butler @kieraevebutler.bsky.social · 12d

New from me: I talked to these people outside the CDC headquarters about Tylenol, vaccines, Charlie Kirk, and going "down the truth rabbit hole"

Anti-vax activists stage a rally exactly where an anti-vax gunman killed an officer last month

One sign read, "Anti-Science, Pro-Informed Consent.”

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The Lancaster Examiner @lancpaexaminer.bsky.social · 12d

Apparently I’ve only threaded this topic on Twitter. Here’s one small bit that transferred from that account.

Ephrata Community Church’s Jim Ehrman frames himself and other ECC/HarvestNet folks as part of a fivefold ministry.

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The Lancaster Examiner @lancpaexaminer.bsky.social · Jan 17

How do we know Bomberger is a fivefold Evangelist?

Here ECC’s Jim Ehrman identifies:

1️⃣ PROPHET: Wayne Kaufman (HNI)

2️⃣ PASTOR: Kevin Eshleman (ECC/Cocalico School Board Pres)

3️⃣ APOSTLE: Barry Wissler (HNI)

4️⃣ TEACHER: Jim Ehrman (ECC)

5️⃣ EVANGELIST: Michael Schott (HNI) vs Joel Bomberger

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The Lancaster Examiner @lancpaexaminer.bsky.social · 12d

The Eshleman / NAR relationship is also relevant because of K!rk’s relationship to the NAR.

“All politics is local,” no? Locals will never know the connections if journalism never informs them.

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The Lancaster Examiner @lancpaexaminer.bsky.social · 12d

As I’ve posted and tweeted about for years, School board President Kevin Eshleman is also the lead pastor of a church associated with the New Apostolic Reformation.

IMO, this is a relevant & easily cited detail that ought to be reported on given the state of local, state and national politics.

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LNP | LancasterOnline @lancasteronline.bsky.social · 12d

The Cocalico school board Monday unanimously approved the resignation of high school social studies teacher Susan Binder following a post she made to her personal Facebook account commenting on the death of conservative activist and commentator Charlie Kirk.
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Cocalico teacher resigns after Charlie Kirk social media post sparks outrage

The Cocalico school board Monday unanimously approved the resignation of high school social studies teacher Susan Binder following a post she made to her personal Facebook account commenting on the

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Kiera Butler @kieraevebutler.bsky.social · 13d

New from me: I wrote about how increasingly Israel's most important American allies are not Jews but evangelical Christians. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

God's "blank check": Christian Zionists are pouring billions of dollars into Israeli extremism

Evangelicals have become Israel's most important American allies.

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The Lancaster Examiner @lancpaexaminer.bsky.social · 15d

www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/o...

Opinion | Will Estrada and the Long Roots of Parental Rights (Published 2022)

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The Lancaster Examiner @lancpaexaminer.bsky.social · 15d

@buckscountybeacon.com: I know you’re familiar with Estrada and his work - AND that you’re bold enough to provide the context your readers need. Maybe this story is of interest to you.

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The Lancaster Examiner @lancpaexaminer.bsky.social · 15d

@lancasteronline.bsky.social: listen to Will Estrada reference the ELANCO case.

I need you to understand who Estrada is, what he devotes his life’s work to, and who he is connected - especially including the LancCo Elected official who sits on his board.

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The Lancaster Examiner @lancpaexaminer.bsky.social · 15d

Not unrelated.

Let’s talk about what “revival” means to Christian nationalists.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15d

On Sunday, a crowd of 80,000 people—plus scores more watching online—memorialized Charlie Kirk.

The event was bizarre—unless you’re acquainted with the liturgy and theology of Christian nationalism.

Charlie Kirk's memorial was Christian nationalism's biggest moment

Praise and partisanship become strange bedfellows.

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The Lancaster Examiner @lancpaexaminer.bsky.social · 18d

Finally, readers might want to know which local elected official has deeeeeep ties to HSLDA’s Will Estrada.

Readers can’t know if you don’t tell them. And readers can’t know whether @lancasteronline.bsky.social even knows because you won’t tell us.

Let’s just die in the dark.

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The Lancaster Examiner @lancpaexaminer.bsky.social · 18d

While you’re at it, it would make sense to provide context around Clymer, Musser & Sarno - and why it makes total sense that they’d be involved in a case like this.

Dunno. Clymer and his connections are significant and certainly relevant.

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The Lancaster Examiner @lancpaexaminer.bsky.social · 18d

@lancasteronline.bsky.social, Given the crisis that is Christian nationalism, your readers deserve to know about the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) and how they and their leaders connect with the movement to make the US a Christian nation.

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LNP | LancasterOnline @lancasteronline.bsky.social · 19d

Eastern Lancaster County School District officials are engaged in discussions to resolve a lawsuit filed by four homeschooling parents who say the district exceeded its authority and failed to follow procedures prescribed by state law when it attempted to certify…
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Homeschool parents sue Elanco over school district's attempt to verify their education credentials

Eastern Lancaster County School District officials are engaged in discussions to resolve a lawsuit filed by four homeschooling parents who say the district exceeded its authority and failed to follow

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The Lancaster Examiner @lancpaexaminer.bsky.social · 18d

Can’t wait to dig in and listen 👇👇

Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 18d

Editor @cmychalejko.bsky.social joins The Signal as a guest w/ @rcpress.bsky.social hosting to reflect on the Charlie Kirk murder, Turning Point USA's disturbing history, the failure of the mainstream media to meet our authoritarian moment & @buckscountybeacon.com's role in these turbulent times.

Editor-in-Chief Cyril Mychalejko on The Beacon in Turbulant Times

Podcast Episode · The Signal · 09/20/2025 · 44m

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Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 18d

Editor @cmychalejko.bsky.social joins The Signal as a guest w/ @rcpress.bsky.social hosting to reflect on the Charlie Kirk murder, Turning Point USA's disturbing history, the failure of the mainstream media to meet our authoritarian moment & @buckscountybeacon.com's role in these turbulent times.

Editor-in-Chief Cyril Mychalejko on The Beacon in Turbulant Times

Podcast Episode · The Signal · 09/20/2025 · 44m

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SometimesPDX @sometimespdx.bsky.social · 20d

The Collective Church in Tigard and DontMessWithOurKids considers this person their "spiritual warfare expert." Here's Katie Souza sharing her theories about space aliens. She claims she has Bible references to support her wild claims. Is this still evangelical Christianity?

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SometimesPDX @sometimespdx.bsky.social · 23d

A member of The Collective Church in Tigard, was the organizer for the Charlie Kirk vigil at Wait Park in Canby yesterday, attended by at least one Proud Boy and other far-right extremists.

Audrey, a middle-aged white woman on a microphone next to a balding middle-aged white man.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 23d

Can now confirm: We have canceled our long-time subscription. There's no longer any reason for any of us to support this fascist-enabling news organization. Please join me in un-subscribing to the Post and using any savings to support independent journalists #CancelThePost

Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 24d

Firing a Black woman for quoting Kirk’s horrific statements about Black women is insane. It seems the Washington Post would rather perform politeness (and demand that the people Kirk harmed do it too) that tell the truth: karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

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The Lancaster Examiner @lancpaexaminer.bsky.social · 24d

@lancasteronline.bsky.social: You included Abildness in a 2024 piece: "Early in the rally, a New Apostolic Reformation Apostle from Dauphin County named Abby Abildness took the stage."

The connection is right there.

No longer relevant?

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‘We appeal to heaven': A theologian helps explain a Christian nationalist rally in Harrisburg

HARRISBURG – Standing in front of the Pennsylvania Capitol in a denim jacket, with long blond hair and an acoustic guitar, Sean Feucht looks and sounds like a rockstar.

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