Wesley A. Swift
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Wesley A. Swift (1913-1970), was a former Methodist minister from Southern California. In the 1940s, Swift started his own church, later known as the Church of Jesus Christ Christian.
He was active in extreme right-wing groups, including the Ku Klux Klan, and developed a close friendship with prominent postwar anti-Semite, Gerald L. K. Smith.[1] Because of the activities of Swift and associates such as Bertrand Comparet and San Jacinto Capt, Christian Identity increasingly became linked with extreme right-wing ideologies. Richard Girnt Butler, founder of the Aryan Nations, was a close California disciple of Swift.[1]
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- ^ a b "Christian Identity". Anti-Defamation League. 2007. http://www.adl.org/learn/ext_us/Christian_Identity.asp. Retrieved 2007-08-25.
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