These young people are then encouraged to seek out others to join the church.Īwaken centers itself as a leader in the new wave of evangelical churches involved in the “spiritual war” driven by the likes of Flynn and Kirk. They target Christian hipsters, young families and youth to join the fold and engage in their programs. Their culture war push has seen founders, pastors and congregants involved in actions at San Diego city council meetings, School Boards, anti LGBTQ protests-and at the January 6th, 2021 Capitol Riot.Īwaken squarely follows the playbook of other megachurch chains like Hillsong and C3 with their flashy, social media-tailored presence. Their preoccupation with politics and culture wars has been building since their re-branding in Jan 2020. They recently launched a partnership headed up by Awaken’s very own Louis Uridel, who was at TPUSA’s America Fest last December in Arizona. The church is also in bed with Charlie Kirk and TPUSA Faith. It’s a regular stop for some of America’s biggest right wing mouthpieces including Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Sean Feucht and Clay Clark’s “ Reawaken America” tour featuring Michael Flynn, Roger Stone and Eric Trump. Jurgen plans to open 3 more locations in the next six months.Īwaken has become a hotbed for San Diego’s Christofascist scene. The franchise has 6 locations-5 In San Diego County: Balboa, Bressi Ranch, El Cajon, Eastlake, San Marcos and one in Salt Lake City in Utah. Welcome to Jurgen’s world-Awaken “church.” Formerly C3 San Diego, Awaken was born in early 2020 as Jurgen’s preaching became more radical. What are we doing in San Diego, what are we doing with people?” AWAKEN CHURCH I think there was a commandment about this. What are we doing in Salt Lake City? We are changing the script over that city, with that city its religion is dead, no life-we’re going to bring life and live more abundantly.
He continued, “what are we doing in Boise Idaho? We are going to change the script over Boise Idaho. “Amen”, “Speak on it” and “come on” can be heard from the audience throughout the nearly 45-minute performance. The large, predominantly white congregation hung on his every word while regularly raising their hands in the air. The massive screens behind him read “Mortal Kombat”. He was standing on the stage of Awaken Church’s San Marcos campus’s main auditorium. “God is raising up the Charlie Kirks and the Candace Owenses and the David Harris Jr’s and the Steve Bannons, he’s raising up these voices,” preached Jurgen Matthesius.
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