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Why These Conservative Evangelicals Rejected Christian Nationalism

Delegates press their transmitters to vote on a motion during the PCA General Assembly at the Kentucky International Convention Center on June 24, 2026 in Louisville, Ky.

Political theorist Stephen Wolfe, along with ministers Zachary Garris and Sean McGowan, all believe the government has a role to “promote true religion.”

Wolfe is a self-avowed Christian nationalist. However, Garris and McGowan don’t use that title.

The three men teamed up to write a book that presents an alternative view on religious liberty for peers within the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), which just advanced a report denouncing Christian nationalism.

“Many American Christians assume a secular form of government,” Garris, a New Mexico pastor in the PCA, said in an interview. “And our book challenges that. It’s rather simple.”

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