Sons of Patriarchy

08/22/2026

We are writing a book on Doug Wilson, abuse, Moscow (Idaho), Christian Nationalism, and parallel communities across the country.

(MAJOR update on this coming soon)

It will combine stories previously publicly unknown, the highest level of investigatory reporting, dozens of interviews "on-the-ground" in Moscow, a systematic breakdown of "Wilsonland" and all connected entities, and so much more.

A major resource in this endeavor are the books of Wilson and Wilson-aligned authors.

We're asking our listeners and followers of our work for PDF or hard-copies of these works, many of which we've read, many we haven't (there's 100+ combined).

If you have hard copies or PDFs of books by the following people, please email us: [email protected], or DM us on this page.

Doug Wilson
Rachel Jankovic
Rebekah Merkle
Joe Rigney
Nancy Wilson
Andy Naselli
David Goodwin
Pete Hegseth
N.D. Wilson
Peter Leithart
C.R. Wiley
Michael Foster
Tilly Dillehay

Thank you!

08/21/2026

Incredible work.

Read more: https://relevantmagazine.com/current/survivors-just-built-the-first-national-database-of-accused-protestant-abusers/

08/19/2026

The in**st and r**e cases in the CREC that have completely flown under the radar.

Josh "Beau" Summerlin is a founding member and former deacon at Trinity CDA, a CREC church in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

Josiah Bryan is the former pastor's son of the same church.

Both were handled "in house" before any authorities knew anything about it - that happened in October 2024.

Here is the *only* mention of the "situation" by Toby Sumpter in Knox Presbytery's Spring 2025 minutes:

"I have spent a fair bit of time this last Fall working with the session of Trinity Church in Coeur D’Alene after the resignation of their long time Pastor Stuart Bryan due to significant scandal and disorder among his children. Pastor Chase Fluhart and the other elders have done yeoman’s work leading that congregation through a minefield, and we are tentatively hopeful that the storm is beginning to subside. Please continue to pray for the congregation as well as Stuart Bryan and his family."

But FaVS news tells an entirely different story: https://favs.news/north-idaho-church-members-s*xual-abuse-investigations/

If you are in the CREC it's hard to imagine you aren't aware of the scandals that continually wrap themselves around the churches you attend.

One day, the WHOLE truth will come out.

08/18/2026

A few things about Joel Webbon's new network and conference "New Christian Right - Christ is King, America After Trump."

Joel slept with one of his congregants while he pastored back in the early 2010s.

Joel Webbon fled his church in San Diego during COVID with a few families, and moved to Georgetown, Texas.

Brian Sauve is a former acolyte of Doug Wilson, and pastor of Refuge Church in Ogden, Utah, founder of New Christendom Press, New Christendom Conference, and invited legitimate N***s to sell their books at his conference in June.

James Fishback has a sordid business history and is currently running for Florida Governor as an explicit Christian Nationalist.

Eric Conn is a former CREC ordinand who left the CREC for Brian's church in Ogden.

Joshua Haymes is a former Acts 29 pastor in California, a former CREC intern at Brooks Potteiger's former church in Tennessee, a good friend of Pete Hegseth, and holds similar events to Charlie Kirk at college campuses across the South.

Dale Partridge is a serial plagiarizer, liar, former CREC applicant, a far-right influencer, who has a history of lying about his credentials.

Calvin Robinson has joined Lord knows how many denominations, and was recently in the Anglican Catholic tradition.

Alex Jones is a well known conspiracist and provocateur, famously questioned the Sandy Hook massacre, calling it a hoax.

The other speakers I am unfamiliar with.

To title this conference "Christ is King" is laughable.

They're looking to put the Christian Nationalist Party (yes, this is a real political party) on the map.

They exist for political and marketing ends, that's it.

What are they united on? Taking women's voting rights away, blaming everything on the Jews, and all non-white people should either be deported or imprisoned.

EDIT: We should add that we have heard from former congregants of Sauve & Conn's, Webbon's, Partridge's, and those who know Haymes personally. There is SO MUCH MORE here than just a new conference and partnership.

08/14/2026

"Incidentally we know that Jesus was not a socialist because he could actually feed people."

"..."

When Doug Wilson got COOKED.

In April Doug joined Piers Morgan, Wajahat Ali, and Tim Miller of The Bullwark to talk about Pete Hegseth, the Iran war, the Pope, and more.

This could not have gone worse for Doug, and it's no surprise we've seen him in less live interviews since.

How does one make this a ringtone? Is that a thing anymore? Would like to hear this on the daily.

08/13/2026

The CNN interview with Doug that went viral.

"Women are the kind of people that people come out of."

A year ago this interview (and clip) came out and went bonkers. People couldn't believe what they were hearing.

We, and many more with and before us, have been warning about Doug Wilson for a long time.

He hegan as the "bad boy" of evangelicalism, the "whisper" among Reformed folks who wanted a harder edge to the faith.

Liking Doug was the Christian version of going rogue, secretly enjoying something you knew others disapproved of.

Saying his name out loud was like mumbling "Voldemort" - debate would rear its ugly head.

While so many Christians were (rightly) concerned about Doug's theology - his views on the Trinity, justification, and more - few were aware of the abuse allegations, cover-ups, and influence over the town of Moscow, Idaho.

And notice, when pressed by Pamela Brown, Doug backtracks.

"So you just think they're meant to have babies, they're just a vessel?"

"No, it doesn't take any talent to reproduce biologically."

Not clipped here, but Doug goes on to describe animal reproduction, further "proving" that it takes no talent.

So... women are important because they birth people, but that takes no talent and is no different than what animals do.

How then does Doug view women?

As little more than animals who reproduce.

I'm just taking Doug at his word.

08/12/2026

The ACCS decries education and indoctrination in public schools.

It was founded in the early 1990's by Doug Wilson, and stands as the *only* accrediting body of Classical Christian Schools in America.

Here are the ACCS schools we know of who have/had a history of abuse, grooming, pe*****le teachers, and/or CSA (plus numerous other heinous things).

- Logos School (Moscow, Idaho)
- Oaks Academy (Spokane, Washington)
- Ambrose School (Boise, Idaho)
- Bayshore Christian School (Fairhope, Alabama)
- Regents Academy (Nagocdoches, Texas)
- Trinity Classical Academy (Valencia, California)
- Riverbend Academy (Ormond Beach, Florida)
- Classical Christian School (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho)
- New Covenant School (Anderson, South Carolina)

UPDATE (adding schools we are told about here)

- River Academy (Wenatchee, Washington)
- Coventry Christian School (Pottstown, Pennsylvania)
- Geneva Academy (West Monroe, Louisiana)

Not to mention that the ACCS still uses curriculum designed by Jim Nance, accused abuser of Emilie Dye, though they have taken his name off the Logic textbook he wrote with Doug Wilson. But they still sell the *same* textbook. They only wiped Jim's name off it.

There are also at least three distinct portion of the curriculum that approve of "Christian" slavery and racism.

Heather Lloyd, Turning Point USA, Heritage Foundation.
- Heather is married to Alex Lloyd, registered s*x offender and former deacon at Christ Church Moscow and convicted of possession and distribution of child po*******hy. She's a former teacher at Logos and now leads the effort for the ACCS and TPUSA to create and convert 1000's of Christian Nationalist schools across the nation. She is *actively* (we know because we've heard from parents at these schools) pursuing Christian school to convert to ACCS. How many know the person they're talking to is married to someone convicted of this?

Heather was recently taken off Turning Point Education Academy website without announcement. However, she was recently platformed by TPUSA at the Educator's Summit with Erica Kirk (widow of Charlie Kirk), Riley Gaines (conservative influencer), Al Mohler (president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary), and David Goodwin (president of ACCS).

Take your kids out of the ACCS and let everyone know what's happening!

08/11/2026

We're writing a book on Doug Wilson, Christian Nationalism, and abuse... and we need your help!

This book project has been in the works for a few months, and it will be the most comprehensive look at Doug's meteoric rise in national prominence, his increasing political connections, the theology undergirding his empire, and institutions he has founded and influenced, the networks he's part of, the destroyed lives of women and children left in his wake, the cover-ups, and the infrastructure supporting it all.

There will also be survivor interviews with stories that have not yet been made public.

So why do we need your help?

1. Spread the word.

2. Access to primary source literature from the *pro* Christian Nationalist camp. If you have PDFs of any books on the "pro" side, and would be willing to share them with us, we'd be grateful!

(This book won't be a regurgitation of all the anti-Christian Nationalist literature already out there. The focus will be on primary source literature, generally coming from the pro-Christian Nationalist, far-right, and manosphere texts.)

3. An honest assessment of what's already out there, what you think needs to be looked at with a finer eye, or underreported angles/stories/people/movements.

4. Would you read this?

All in all, think of this as a blend of on-the-ground reporting, former insider whistleblowing, theology-explainer, cultural critique, narrative storytelling, and paralleling what Jonathan Haidt and Jean Twenge have written on social media's effects on Millennials, Gen Z's, and Gen Alpha's.

Why is Doug so appealing to men (and women)? What can help explain the rise of Christian Nationalism in church and political conversations? What real-world consequences do these ideas and movements hold for the people inside?

These communities are intoxicating for so many, and destructive for the most vulnerable. We hope to explain why with a focus on Moscow, Idaho, and epicenters across the United States.

Think of this as adding to the chorus of voices already published, but with a tune set in the chord of Wilsonian chants.

More to come!

08/10/2026

On Christian Nationalism, Doug Wilson, Pete Hegseth, Joe Rigney, empathy, masculinity, patriarchy, and how it destroys both men and women .

Thankful to Kiera and the team at Mother Jones for interviewing Peter and Sarah, Kristin Kobes DuMez, Sarah Stankorb, Cy Whitling, Emilie Dye (through her interview on the podcast), and others.

It means the world when a journalist takes the time to come to Moscow, interviews those who actually live in the city, and takes seriously the allegations of abuse and cover-up of the same.

Moscow, the world is watching.

This is only the beginning.

Doug Wilson preaches iron discipline and male dominance. One of his disciples runs the Pentagon.

08/07/2026

A year ago tomorrow we confronted Doug Wilson at their biggest recruiting event of the year: Grace Agenda.

We challenged him, and any other Christ Church Moscow leadership, to a 1-on-1 conversation.

Doug was nervous.

He scarfed down chili dogs while we talked (thankfully, not pictured).

Ben Merkle, president of Doug Wilson's college, New Saint Andrews, poked his head in to make his presence known.

Some handler for Doug was effectively physically assaulting Sarah.

An assistant pastor of Christ Church Moscow recognized us and was awkward.

We had just held our own "competing" event at the Kenworthy in Downtown Moscow. With three days notice we packed 300+ with standing room only and overflow at Cafe Artista.

Doug was aware of our event, and he added a list of stipulations to our 1-on-1.

We agreed to all of them.

We made sure he was comfortable as possible.

This happened to fall two days after the viral CNN interview with Doug and crew. We learned about it with all of you. Peter was on a flight to Moscow when he became aware of it.

Doug has always made a big deal about "inviting our critics to Moscow." So we made it easy for him.

However...

He isn't used to someone confronting him to his face, on his grounds, agreeing to all his stipulations, and holding a public event.

When it got publicized, he cowered. He didn't want "liberals" attending.

He was scared.

We reminding him this year, trying to put him at ease.

He declined.

To our knowledge we are one of two he has said "no" to.

A lot has happened this year. But one thing has not changed.

Doug Wilson is a coward.

Even when we went above and beyond to accommodate to his requests, he knew he couldn't control the conversation.

Because he knows, one day...

It'll all be made public.

VERY public.

Have a great Grace Agenda, Doug.