Sean Feucht

Sean Feucht is an American politician, activist, Christian singer, songwriter and worship pastor. Feucht has been criticized for holding various Christian worship concerts in the summer of 2020 during and in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2] The concerts were in connection to the Black Lives Matter protests, including at site of the killing of George Floyd.[1][3]

Sean Feucht
Born (1983-08-15) August 15, 1983
OriginRedding, California
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  • Politician
  • Activist
  • Singer

worship leader

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Websitewww.seanfeucht.com

Feucht, a graduate of Oral Roberts University, is a worship leader at Bethel Church in Redding, California, and ran as a Republican in California’s 3rd Congressional District.[4]

2020 congressional campaign

Sean Feucht ran as a Republican for California's 3rd congressional district in 2020, coming in third place with 14% of the votes, finishing behind John Garamendi and Tamika Hamilton in the March 3 primary.[5] Feucht ran a socially conservative campaign, which was against high taxes and staunchly critical of abortion calling it "the slaughter of the unborn and the newborn."[6] Some other issues he wanted to focus on were homelessness and affordable housing in California, and he wanted to give parents more rights regarding mandatory vaccination and sex education.[7] Despite running for Congress, he does not see himself as a politician.[7]

HOPE RALLY and Riots to Revival concerts

In June 2020, Sean Feucht held a worship session at the site of the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota and claimed a revival was happening, calling it the "Minneapolis miracle" and the "HOPE RALLY." Feucht called the killing an "injustice" and referred to it as "the trauma" but was critical of Black Lives Matter in online posts prior to the worship session.[3] He claimed on Twitter afterwards that he and senior Bethel pastor Beni Johnson were censored by Twitter and Instagram for sharing videos of the events and posting Bible verses.[8][9] His posts were shared by senator Josh Hawley who stated "Cancel culture meets #BigTech. Now @instagram is censoring a Christian worship leader who wants to post videos of praise and worship from places where there has recently been unrest."[9]

In August 2020, Sean Feucht led similar worship concerts called "Riots to Revival" in Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington.[10] The sites of the concerts had recently been the sites of major protests and riots, including Seattle's Cal Anderson Park which had been part of the territory controlled by the Capitol Hill Organized Protest.[10] The concerts violated local laws requiring masks and social distancing amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Feucht claimed that between 4,000 and 7,000 attended the concert in Portland.[1]

Personal life

Feucht has a wife, Kate, and four children, Keturah, Malachi, Ezra, and Zion.[11]

References
  1. Wallace, Danielle (August 9, 2020). "Portland sees thousands worship amid corona-virus restrictions hours before riots, fire at police union". Fox News. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  2. Iboshi, Kyle (August 9, 2020). "Hundreds gather at Portland waterfront Saturday evening, without masks, to see controversial worship leader". The Oregonian. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  3. Graham, Ruth (June 29, 2020). "The Street Corner Where George Floyd Was Killed Has Become a Christian Revivalist Site". Slate. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  4. Parke, Caleb (October 1, 2019). "Worship leader runs for Congress in California: 'Morals are low, taxes are high'". Fox News. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
  5. "California 2020 Super Tuesday Presidential Primary Election Results". KCRA-TV. March 4, 2020. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  6. Parke, Caleb (September 30, 2019). "Worship leader runs for Congress in California: 'Morals are low, taxes are high'". Fox News. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  7. Sestanovich, Nick (February 21, 2020). "Sean Feucht sees self as 'outsider' in congressional race". The Reporter. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  8. Kumar, Anugrah (June 27, 2020). "Bethel Music's Sean Feucht calls out Instagram, Twitter for censoring Bible verses, worship videos". The Christian Post. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  9. Givas, Nick (June 25, 2020). "Hawley blasts big tech for 'censoring' Christian worship leader". Fox News. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  10. Foley, Ryan (August 10, 2020). "Thousands attend Sean Feucht's 'Riots to Revival' event in Portland: 'Church is rising up'". Christian Post. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  11. "About". Sean Feucht. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
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