The couple would talk to him daily about the bible, life and the “end of times”.Īfter Jurgen attended Sydney’s Hillsong college he moved to New Zealand as part of a Hillsong plant. As Jurgen tells it, he met a couple that took him under their wing and invited Jurgen to live with them. It wasn’t until age 18 that religion became a part of his life when he had an “encounter with Christ on a beach” in Sydney. In 1969 the family moved to Australia and settled permanently. Jurgen was born in Germany 1967 to non-religious parents. #JurgenMatthesius #Groomer #AwakenChurchSD /MEsulHJNZy- Awaken Church SD Exposed January 1, 2023 They were an influential presence during the Trump Administration and continue to gain power.Īwaken has programs and plans that cover each of the “7 Mountains.” They aim to seek control of Family (Cherish and Emerge), Religion (expanding their church’s footprint), Education (Awaken academy, Awaken U), Media (App, podcast and TPUSA), Entertainment (Awaken music and Theatre), Business ( PublicSq.), and Government (Awaken political action and RMNNT.)Īt least one of their preachers has openly claimed he’s a prophet. The NAR distinguish themselves by appointing “apostles” and “prophets” to head the movement and fervently believe in merging god and government. “The idea that christians have dominion over every domain, whether that’s the economy, entertainment or politics,” Bradley Onishi, host of the Straight White American Jesus podcast says, continuing, “What we’ve seen over the past couple of years is that this theology has become very useful if you are trying to implement a regime where you can justify authoritarian power and fascist impulses.”Īccording to Onishi, the 7 Mountains came out of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR.) The NAR movement thinks of itself as its own branch of Christianity the way Catholicism and Protestantism are branches. The “7 Mountains” are different aspects of society, such as the arts, education and government, that dominionists seek to control. It’s called dominionism and is informed by a philosophy called the 7 Mountain Mandate. and eventually global society.Īwaken’s ideology isn’t unique to them. Awaken’s goal, although they don’t say this directly, is to have Christianity dominate U.S. 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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