We’re pastors. The fight against Maga Christianity starts locally | Doug Pagitt and Lori Walke

Trump's movement has used the Christian faith to fuel oppression. Here's how we are standing against it

Donald Trump wants us to believe that the war on Christianity" is spreading across the globe. The US president recently sounded the alarm on the mass slaughter" of Christians in Nigeria while threatening a US invasion of the African nation. We shouldn't be surprised. This falls right in line with Trump's ongoing attempts to project Maga Christianity on to the global stage and crack down on religious freedom.

Maga Christianity represents a self-serving, commercialized version of the Christian faith - putting power over service and empathy - and it is everywhere in our federal government. In February, Trump announced a taskforce led by Pam Bondi with the goal of rooting out anti-Christian" bias. In September, Trump announced his plans to protect prayer in schools. Later that month, he issued a memorandum identifying anti-Christianity as a potential driver of terrorism. These are not just one-off incidents. This is a national effort to push the Maga Christianity agenda on Americans, and we're already seeing the consequences.

Doug Pagitt is executive director of Vote Common Good. The Rev Lori Walke is the senior minister at Mayflower Congregational United Church of Christ in Oklahoma City