1. John Hagee founded John Hagee Ministries, which telecasts to the United States and Canada.
21 Facts About John Hagee
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John Hagee is the founder and chairman of the Christian Zionist organization Christians United for Israel, the largest Zionist organization in America.
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John Hagee was born in Baytown, Texas on April 12,1940.
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John Hagee studied at Southwestern Assemblies of God University in Waxahachie, Texas, and received a Bachelor of Science, and then studied at Trinity University and obtained a second Bachelor of Science.
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John Hagee studied at the University of North Texas in educational administration and received a master's degree in 1966.
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John Hagee founded Trinity Church in San Antonio, Texas in 1966.
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In 1975, John Hagee wrote a letter to his congregation that he was guilty of immorality, after which he divorced his wife, Martha Downing.
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John Hagee's advocacy included organizing and mobilizing a youth movement called "Wallace Youth".
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In 1996, John Hagee spoke on behalf of Republican presidential primary candidate Alan Keyes, who in 2004 lost the US Senate election in Illinois to Barack Obama.
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John Hagee dubbed Shields's opponent, incumbent Jeff Wentworth, "the most pro-abortion" of 181 legislators in both houses of the Texas legislature.
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John Hagee was the primary funding source for the Israeli Zionist group Im Tirtzu, until he cut ties with the organization in 2013.
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John Hagee is anti-abortion and stopped giving money to Israel's Hadassah Medical Center when it began offering the procedure.
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In 2016, John Hagee endorsed Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.
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In 2023, John Hagee endorsed Nikki Haley in the 2024 Republican Primary.
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John Hagee purported that Adolf Hitler's antisemitism was especially derived from his Catholic background, and he purported that Hitler was "a spiritual leader in the Catholic Church," as well as purporting that the Catholic Church under Pope Pius XII encouraged Nazism.
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John Hagee has stated that he believes the Bible commands Christians to support the State of Israel.
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Reform Rabbi Eric Yoffie criticized John Hagee for being "extremist" on Israeli policy and for disparaging other faiths.
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John Hagee has claimed that Adolf Hitler was born from a lineage of "accursed, genocidally murderous half-breed Jews".
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John Hagee has claimed that "Islam not only condones violence; it commands it".
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John Hagee has claimed that a contrast exists between Islam's "violent nature" and Christianity's "loving nature" and that the Quran teaches, and Muslims have a mandate, to kill Jews and Christians.
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In 2007, John Hagee stated that he does not believe in global warming, contradicting the scientific consensus on climate change, and he said that he sees the Kyoto Protocol as a "conspiracy" aimed at manipulating the US economy.