MOSCOW, Idaho (FaVS News) — In a rare public forum, controversial pastor Doug Wilson took center stage Thursday night (April 11) at an auditorium on the University of Idaho campus, to field digital questions from the local community, accompanied by two leaders from his Christ Church ministry.“We are part of this town, and we would like to get along as much as possible,” said Wilson, explaining the purpose of the town hall.
Since its founding, Christ Church has frequently clashed with the wider Moscow community. One recent point of contention was the church’s vocal opposition and active resistance to federal and local COVID-19 restrictions aimed at curbing the pandemic’s spread. Wilson urged followers to “resist openly” these measures, referring to it as a “cold civil war.”
In September 2020, the church organized two anti-mask protests at Moscow’s City Hall, leading to citations, arrests and a subsequent legal battle where a judge ruled the city wrongfully arrested protesters since religious and protest activities were exempt from mask mandates.
The church was founded in the 1990s, and experts studying the church estimate the size of the congregation and its offshoot churches at about 2,000, or 10% of the city’s total population, according to The Guardian.
Keely Emerine-Mix, left, protests before a town hall meeting with Christ Church on Thursday, April 11, 2024, in Moscow, Idaho. (Photo by Tracy Simmons/FāVS News)
Wilson told the town hall that members of Chr …
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Since its founding, Christ Church has frequently clashed with the wider Moscow community. One recent point of contention was the church’s vocal opposition and active resistance to federal and local COVID-19 restrictions aimed at curbing the pandemic’s spread. Wilson urged followers to “resist openly” these measures, referring to it as a “cold civil war.”
In September 2020, the church organized two anti-mask protests at Moscow’s City Hall, leading to citations, arrests and a subsequent legal battle where a judge ruled the city wrongfully arrested protesters since religious and protest activities were exempt from mask mandates.
The church was founded in the 1990s, and experts studying the church estimate the size of the congregation and its offshoot churches at about 2,000, or 10% of the city’s total population, according to The Guardian.
Keely Emerine-Mix, left, protests before a town hall meeting with Christ Church on Thursday, April 11, 2024, in Moscow, Idaho. (Photo by Tracy Simmons/FāVS News)
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