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	Steven Anderson		'''Steven Lee Anderson''' is an American preacher and founder of the [[New Independent Fundamentalist Baptist]] movement. He is pastor of [[Faithful Word Baptist Church]] in [[Tempe, Arizona]]. He advocates for the [[Capital punishment\|death penalty]] for [[homosexuals]], and prayed for the deaths of former U.S. president [[Barack Obama]] and [[Caitlyn Jenner]]. He produced a documentary titled ''Marching to Zion'' in which he "championed a wide range of [[antisemitic stereotypes]]", according to Matthew H. Brittingham of [[Emory University]].

			He has been banned from many countries, including Jamaica, Canada, the [[Schengen Area]], Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.

			==Early life==
			Anderson was born in [[Sacramento, California]] to an [[Independent Baptist]] family, and he attended [[Woodcreek High School]], in [[Roseville, California\|Roseville]].

			==Faithful Word Baptist Church==
			Anderson established [[Faithful Word Baptist Church]] as a [[Christian fundamentalism\|fundamentalist]] Independent Baptist church in [[Tempe, Arizona]], on [[Christmas Day]] in December 2005 and he remains its pastor. The church describes itself as "an old-fashioned, independent, fundamental, [[King James Only movement\|King James Bible–only]], [[Approaches to evangelism#Door-to-door preaching\|soul-winning]] Baptist church." Members of the church meet in an office space that is located inside a [[strip mall]].

			The group is [[Nondenominational Christianity\|nondenominational]]. Anderson has used his influence to found the [[New Independent Fundamentalist Baptist]] movement, which includes other churches.

			The church has been described as an [[Homophobia\|anti-gay]] [[hate group]] by the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]], because Anderson has advocated the [[Capital punishment\|death penalty]] for [[Homosexuality\|homosexuals]].

			== Views ==

			=== Anti-government views ===
			The Southern Poverty Law Center describes him as a proponent of anti-government views. Anderson operates a website titled ''True Sons of Liberty'' where he recommends elimination of the [[Internal Revenue Service]], the [[Federal Reserve Bank]], the [[Social Security Administration]], and child protective services. He has appeared on [[InfoWars]] on numerous occasions, and the InfoWars store used to offer for sale video productions by Anderson. In a 2016 video titled ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp9cR5A4CgQ Alex Jones and Info Wars Exposed!]'', Anderson explained that he used to be a supporter of [[Alex Jones]] but later denounced him due to his support of then presidential candidate [[Donald Trump]], who Anderson strongly opposes.

			=== Allegations of antisemitism ===
			The [[Anti-Defamation League]] cited Anderson of "a history of [[antisemitism]] through his sermons and a series of YouTube videos. Emory University PhD candidate Matthew Brittingham suggested that Anderson is part of a connected but "diffuse group of theologically-focused, antisemitic Christian conspiracists who deny the Holocaust. In March 2015, Anderson released a documentary titled ''Marching to Zion'', in which he argued that the anticipated [[Jewish messianism\|Jewish messiah]] is the [[Antichrist]] and that the [[Talmud]] is blasphemous. In May 2015, he posted a [[YouTube]] video, titled ''The Holocaust Hoax Exposed'', promoting [[Holocaust denial]].

			=== ''Why I Hate Barack Obama'' sermon ===
			The church received national attention in the United States in August 2009, when Anderson was reported to have delivered a sermon-;entitled ''Why I Hate Barack Obama''-;in which he said he prayed for the death of the president.

			Anderson did not solicit the killing of President Obama but he did suggest that the country would "benefit" from his death. Anderson told local television station [[KNXV-TV]] that he would like it if Obama were to die of natural causes because he does not "want him to be a [[martyr]]" and "we don't need another holiday." He told columnist [[Michelangelo Signorile]] that he "would not judge or condemn" anyone who killed the president.

			Anderson's invective against Obama stems in part from his opposition to Obama's support for [[abortion rights]]. Anderson was then the recipient of death threats while a group, People Against Clergy Who Preach Hate, organized a "love rally" which was attended by approximately one hundred people outside the church.

			The day after Anderson delivered his ''Why I Hate Barack Obama'' sermon, a church member, Chris Broughton, carried an [[AR-15]] [[semiautomatic rifle]] and a [[pistol]] to the [[Phoenix Convention Center]], where President Obama was speaking. Broughton explained that he was not motivated by the sermon although he agreed with it. Broughton's appearance at the rally was part of a publicity stunt that was organized by conservative radio talk show host Ernest Hancock, who also came to the rally armed, and engaged in a staged interview with Broughton which was later broadcast on YouTube. Anderson told [[ABC News]] affiliate KNXV-TV in Phoenix that the [[United States Secret Service\|Secret Service]] contacted him after this event.

			== Border Patrol checkpoint incident ==
			In 2009, Anderson had a confrontation with [[United States Border Patrol]] agents at an [[United States Border Patrol interior checkpoints\|interior checkpoint]] on [[Interstate 8]], about 70 miles (110 km) east of [[Yuma, Arizona]]. He refused to move his car or roll down his windows, triggering a 90-minute standoff and the calling of [[Arizona Department of Public Safety]] officers to the scene. The confrontation ended when authorities broke Anderson's car windows, tased him, and forced him out of the vehicle. Anderson said they beat him while he was lying prone on the ground.

			At his arraignment in April 2009, Anderson [[plea]]ded not guilty to two [[misdemeanor]] counts of resisting a lawful order. He was acquitted of the two charges by a [[Jury trial\|jury]] in August 2010. In 2015, Anderson created a documentary style video about the 2009 incident titled ''[https://www.kjv1611only.com/video/06docs/Failure_To_Obey.mp4 Failure to Obey]'' and published it on YouTube.

			== Travel bans ==
			As of 2019, Anderson has been banned from more than thirty countries, including every English-speaking developed country other than the United States (his home country); and most English-speaking African countries. In September 2016, after he had announced his intention to travel to South Africa, [[Malusi Gigaba]], the [[Minister of Home Affairs (South Africa)\|Minister for Home Affairs]] banned Anderson and his followers, citing the [[Constitution of South Africa]] and stating "I have identified Steven Anderson as an undesirable person to travel to South Africa".

			Anderson was also [[List of people banned from entering the United Kingdom\|banned from entering the United Kingdom]], leading him to change his travel route to Botswana by flying via Ethiopia. On September 20, 2016, he was banned and deported from Botswana.

			In a YouTube video, Anderson mentioned a planned missionary trip to Malawi to set up a church there. But Malawian authorities subsequently made it known that he would not be welcome in the country and that he would also be banned from entering it in the future.

			Anderson was denied entry to Canada on November 10, 2017.

			On January 29, 2018, Anderson was banned from entering Jamaica.

			Anderson was scheduled to preach in [[Amsterdam\|Amsterdam, the Netherlands]], on May 23, 2019. The Dutch government began looking into banning him from entering the Netherlands on April 24, leading to the factual ban from the Netherlands, and the rest of the [[European Union]]'s [[Schengen area]] on May 1. According to the Dutch state secretary, there is "no space for discrimination or the encouragement of hate, intolerance or violence in a democratic [[rechtsstaat]] like ours".

			The Republic of Ireland banned him on May 12, 2019. On July 23, 2019, Anderson was denied entry to Australia. On August 7, 2019, Anderson was denied entry to New Zealand.

			==Personal life==
			Anderson met his wife Zsuzsanna in [[Munich, Bavaria]], by presenting her with a [[The gospel\|gospel]] pamphlet. Prior to meeting Anderson, she had been raised as a [[Catholic Church\|Catholic]] but she had become an [[Agnosticism\|agnostic]] as a young adult. After converting Zsuzsanna to fundamentalist baptist [[Christianity]], the couple married in 2000 and, as of September 2019, they have eleven children whom they [[Homeschooling\|homeschool]].

			Anderson is a member of the [[Constitution Party (United States)\|Constitution Party]].

			==Notes==
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