{"id":2562053,"date":"2026-02-02T08:44:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christ-or-chaos-former-pastor-of-invaded-minneapolis-church-has-a-message-for-america-70\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T08:45:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:45:16","slug":"christ-or-chaos-former-pastor-of-invaded-minneapolis-church-has-a-message-for-america-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christ-or-chaos-former-pastor-of-invaded-minneapolis-church-has-a-message-for-america-70\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Christ or Chaos&#8217;: Former Pastor of Invaded Minneapolis Church Has a Message for America"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchrist-or-chaos-former-pastor-of-invaded-minneapolis-church-has-a-message-for-america-70%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2562053&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>joe Rigney, a pastor who helped plant Cities Church in St.Paul and now serves at Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho, warned that the January protests that disrupted sunday worship there reflect a broader spiritual crisis in America. He said the congregation is not political but was targeted by a left-wing mob accusing a pastor of working for ICE, and he described the incident as part of escalating hostility and violence toward everyday, Bible-believing Christians. Rigney blamed cultural rot and what he sees as government failure to punish wrongdoing, citing disputes over sex and sexuality\u2014such as bakers or florists refusing services for gay weddings\u2014as examples of growing collisions between secular leftism and Christian practise. He argued the nation faces \u201cChrist or chaos\u201d and urged repentance and a return to the gospel as the only remedy. Justice Department officials have pledged to pursue charges against the protesters under the FACE Act and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-panel-flames-lori-lightfoot-she-ought-to-declare-war-on-crime-rather-than-white-journalists\/\" title=\"Fox News Panel Flames Lori Lightfoot: \u2018She Ought To Declare War On Crime Rather Than White Journali...s\u2019\">federal civil rights statutes<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Joe Rigney, a pastor who helped to launch Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, warned the nation that the protests at the congregation were a harbinger of a spiritual crisis for America as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>Rigney, who now serves as an associate pastor for Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho, used to live in the Minneapolis area and was part of the team that planted Cities Church.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in January, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christ-or-chaos-former-pastor-of-invaded-minneapolis-church-has-a-message-for-america\/\" title=\"&#039;... or Chaos&#039;: Former ... of Invaded Minneapolis Church Has a Message for America\">church gained nationwide attention<\/a> after a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >left-wing mob &#038;mdash<\/a>; accusing one of the pastors of working for Immigration and Customs Enforcement &mdash; disrupted Sunday morning worship.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Rigney cautioned that there is &ldquo;escalating violence on the left of normal Christian people, and I just want to underscore that piece of it,&rdquo; per a transcript from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/founding-pastor-of-cities-church-warns-of-growing-hostility.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Christian Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mK0bJPE9PxM?si=a0qMhW2bsJZ0LHWP&amp;start=4212\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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These are normal, Bible-believing evangelicals,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And instead, this political chaos intrudes in the middle of a worship service and disrupted.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rigney identified the issue as a cultural rot that can only be fixed with the gospel of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re terrorizing normal, law-abiding citizens, and then they&rsquo;re encouraging the lawless and the lawbreakers,&rdquo; Rigney said about government authorities failing to punish evil.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When you think about the last 20 years and the escalating collisions we&rsquo;ve seen in our country &mdash; about, say, sex, sexuality, and people being harassed just because they won&rsquo;t make a cake or because they won&rsquo;t do flowers for a gay wedding &mdash; and you see that kind of escalating collision as Christians just try to live faithful lives,&rdquo; Rigney said.<\/p>\n<p>The two options for America, according to Rigney, are indeed &ldquo;Christ or chaos.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And because of that, it&rsquo;s bubbling up. It&rsquo;s bubbling over, and it&rsquo;s tragic. It really is tragic. And the only way out is for people to turn from their sins and to turn back to Christ. That&rsquo;s the only hope this nation has. That&rsquo;s the only hope for any of us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rigney made note of the ways in which secular leftism are on a collision course with Christianity.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When you think about the last 20 years and the escalating collisions we&rsquo;ve seen in our country &mdash; about, say, sex, sexuality, and people being harassed just because they won&rsquo;t make a cake or because they won&rsquo;t do flowers for a gay wedding &mdash; and you see that kind of escalating collision as Christians just try to live faithful lives,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Department officials have vowed to charge protesters who disrupted Cities Church services with violations of the FACE Act and federal civil rights laws.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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