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ERE ID
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10746
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URL of title group
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http://www.faithfulwordbaptist.org/page2.html
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Parent organization URL
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Indepentent Fundamentalist Baptist
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Social Media Accounts
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Anderson's Twitter
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IFB Facebook
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Anderson's Instagram
IFB Youtube
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Date established
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2017; flagship church founded in 2005
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Established by
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Steven Anderson
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Membership
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32 congregations (according to Website)
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Good amount of news articles
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Research note
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"The hate-spewing, Holocaust-denying preacher already has been banned from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, South Africa, and Canada, among others..." (Source)
Anderson is "friendly and accommodating"...Overall, he projects an eagerness to show he’s not the monster the media make him out to be. “People will watch my most extreme clips online, out of context, and they think that’s who I am 24/7,” he says, with an easy laugh. “All they really see is a caricature of the most extreme statements that ever come out of my mouth all strung together, and they’re always put in a bad light by the media." (Source)
Wife's website/blog
Look into RHPC, seems to be an event that brings many groups together
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Location
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Tempe, AZ
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Publications about the group
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-Brittingham, M. H. (2020). “The Jews love numbers”: Steven L. Anderson, Christian Conspiracists, and the Spiritual Dimensions of Holocaust Denial. Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal, 14(2), 6.
-Brittingham, M. H. (2021). “I now pronounce you Jewish!”: Pastor Steven L. Anderson, Genetic Ancestry Tests, and Antisemitic Conspiracies. Journal of Contemporary Antisemitism, 4(1), 1-26.
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Key URLs about the group -- not by the group
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Anderson_(pastor), http://www.twitter.com/sanderson1611, https://www.facebook.com/Faithful-Word-Baptist-Church-183465927963, http://www.instagram.com/sanderson1611, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN5OBnOh1-QGZ1sQqOxfIbg, https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/why-anti-gay-pastor-steven-anderson-was-banned-from-ireland-11298227, https://www.phoenixmag.com/2015/06/01/west-of-westboro/, http://stevenandersonfamily.blogspot.com/, https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/tempe-pastor-hails-orlando-massacre-for-leaving-50-less-pedophiles-in-this-world-video-8372346, https://www.phoenixmag.com/2015/06/01/west-of-westboro/
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Dehumanizing speech by group
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"[Referring to the Pulse Nightclub shooting]The good news is there are 50 less pedophiles in this world...The bad news is a lot of the homos in the bar are still alive, so they're going to continue to molest children and recruit children into their filthy homosexual lifestyle" (Source)
Anderson called yarmulkes "little Jewish Satan hats" in one sermon (Source)
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