Fellowship of God's Covenant People

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The '''Fellowship of God's Covenant People''' is a [[white supremacist]] church in northern [[Kentucky]] founded by Don Elmore in 1987. In addition to the church's virulent [[racism]], their belief system mixes in [[bullshit|healthy]] doses of [[homophobia]], [[Islamophobia]], [[antisemitism]], [[secret society]] [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]], [[anti-feminism]] and [[anti-abortion]] views. The church's co-pastor was Mark Downey {{lived|1954|2018}}<ref>https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/03/28/mark-downey-christian-identity-leader-dies-63</ref>, who ran the Christian Identity website [[Kinsman Redeemer Ministries]].

==Racism==
The church is strongly aligned with the [[Christian Identity]] movement associated with other racist wingnuts such as [[Peter J. Peters]]. As such, they ascribe to a loony "covenant theology" that claims their racist beliefs are proven by science, history and the [[Bible]].<ref>[http://fgcp.org/content/three-theological-systems-christianity The Three Theological Systems of Christianity.] fgcp.org. ''"Original sin is a condition of Adamkind only, and that some races are not of Adam. This is proven by science, history, and the Bible."'' Retrieved on 6 February 2016.</ref> The church is well networked with others in the Identity movement, including William Finck, who runs the Christogenea web shite,<ref>[http://christogenea.org Christogenea.] christogenea.org. ''"There is indeed a God of all creation. And there is indeed a race anointed by that God. Here it is identified."'' Retrieved on 6 February 2016.</ref> and Lawrence Blanchard, author of the racist "Covenant Heritage" screeds.<ref>[http://www.yourbiblicalheritage.com/about-the-author/ About the Author.] yourbiblicalheritage.com. Retrieved on 6 February 2016.</ref>

Unsurprisingly, the church is opposed to "non-white immigration" and [[miscegenation]]. The church attempts to rationalize their stance against miscegenation by providing evidence from the Bible. This view ties in with their kooky theology that believes that those who today call themselves [[Jews]] are, in fact, not the true people of Biblical [[Israel]]. This viewpoint is rationalized by [[cherry picking]] [[Old Testament]] scripture, e.g. {{bible|Genesis|24|3}}, "…you shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the [[Canaan]]ites…" This is somehow used to justify their belief that one should not marry outside his or her own race. Indeed, they interpret {{bible|Exodus|20|14}}, "Thou shalt not commit [[adultery]]," as "…primarily in reference to the mixing of seed… not only cheating on your spouse."<ref>[http://fgcp.org/content/identifying-israel-part-10-0 Identifying Israel Part 10: The Genealogical Record.] fgcp.org. Retrieved on 6 February 2016.</ref>

==Paranoia==
{{cquote|We are living in a nation that was founded around 1789 by the Freemasons, not Christians. Together with the Jews (Freemasons) and Roman Catholics (Order of Malta and the Jesuits) they will almost rule the entire world. But Israel will be saved because of the covenant and oath that our GOD made unconditionally with our fathers that is fulfilled in their seed (children).|||Don Elmore's paranoia<ref>[http://fgcp.org/content/olympics-showcase-new-world-order The Olympics: Showcase of the New World Order.] fgcp.org. Retrieved on 6 February 2016.</ref>}}

The church believes [[paranoid]] conspiracy theories involving secret societies, [[Freemason]]s and the [[New World Order]]. They believe that many things are infected by the global conspiracy, including the Olympics and the birth of the [[United States]]. [[Crank magnetism|Of course]], they believe that the [[9/11|September 11 terrorist attacks]] is all wrapped up in a beastly [[Satan]]ic conspiracy involving a global [[Zionist]] cabal. According to this theory, Freemasonry and the [[Mormon]] church is part of the great [[Jewish]] conspiracy. Referencing the [[2012 U.S. presidential election]], they believe that neither [[Barack Obama]] nor [[Mitt Romney]] are natural born citizens and both would lead the United States into a [[Red-baiting|communist]]/[[International Jewish Conspiracy|Zionist]]/Mormon/Freemason nation.<ref>[http://fgcp.org/content/americas-disastrous-choice America's Disastrous Choice.] fgcp.org. 13 May 2012. Retrieved on 6 February 2016.</ref>

The church ties other [[fundamentalist]] beliefs into their strange worldview. In their view, [[evolution]] is a false religion promoted by Freemasons, communists, Jews and other "reprobates" [[Depopulation_conspiracy_theory|who want to reduce the world population to a manageable 500 million that they can control]]. Even the usage of the word "evolve" in popular culture demonstrates the symbolism of the global conspiracy.<ref>[http://fgcp.org/content/evolution-revolution Evolution - Revolution.] fgcp.org. 23 December 2012. Retrieved on 6 February 2016.</ref>

The church is so crazy that they attack [[Answers in Genesis]] because they believe [[Jesus]] was descended from [[Noah]] through women, exposing their [[Roman Catholic]], Jewish, race mixing, fornicating bias. In the church's view, Answers in Genesis is one of many evil multi-cultural, anti-Christian organizations, which include just about every Christian organization in existence except for the Fellowship of God’s Covenant People.<ref>PZ Myers. [http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/10/04/crazier-than-ken-ham/ Crazier than Ken Ham?] scienceblogs.com. 4 October 2011. Retrieved on 6 February 2016.</ref><ref>[http://fgcp.org/content/few-answers-answers-genesis A Few Answers to "Answers In Genesis."] fgcp.org. 19 June 2011. Retrieved on 6 February 2016.</ref><ref>[https://cpmonitor.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/oh-kentucky/ Oh Kentucky!] cpmonitor.wordpress.com. 7 October 2011. ''"You see, the Fellowship of God’s Chosen People, together with Pastors Don Elmore and Mark Downey are a bunch of white supremacist, racist fuckheads, who make the Ku Klux Klan look like a bunch of good ol’ boys who like fancy dress."'' Retrieved on 6 February 2016.</ref>

==External links==
*[http://fgcp.org/ Official site]

==References==
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Categories: Antisemitism, Christianity, Conspiracy theorists, Crank magnetism, Racism