Hegseth Belongs to an Archconservative Church Network

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Hegseth recently made headlines when he shared a CNN video on social media about CREC, showing its pastors arguing women should not have the right to vote.

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OPINION by @stevebenen.com: "It's against this backdrop that Hegseth has also recently spent recent months purging several women from leadership posts within the U.S. armed forces." READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo ...

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... Pastor Doug Wilson, a CREC co-founder, leads Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho, the network's flagship location. Jovial and media-friendly, Wilson is no stranger to stirring controversy with his church's hard-line theology and its embrace of patriarchy and Christian nationalism.

Wilson told The Associated Press on Monday he was grateful Hegseth shared the video. He noted Hegseth's post was labeled with Christ Church's motto: "All of Christ for All of Life."

"He was, in effect, reposting it and saying, 'Amen,' at some level," Wilson said. ...

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