A Higher Power (Gun)

“For decades, McLean Bible Church has served as the place of worship for many of D.C.’s Republican elite. The sprawling evangelical megachurch in Vienna, Virginia, boasts a roster of former parishioners that includes everyone from Ken Starr to Mike Pence. It’s where Donald Trump once dropped in for a brief prayer after a round of golf. McLean Bible is also where, in November 2017, a senior pastor named Dale Sutherland formed a nonprofit called Act2Impact. In those days, the organization was described in state records as an ‘auxiliary’ of the church, with a mission to ‘preach the gospel’ and ‘conduct evangelistic and humanitarian outreach.’ But that mission was short-lived.” An investigation from MoJo and The Trace: Inside the Secret Multimillion-Dollar Operation to Dismantle America’s Gun Laws.