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“Joel’s Army”—the militant Protestant movement that fueled both the January 6 insurrection and the recent political assassinations in Minnesota—is rearing its head once again, this time in the 2026 race for California governor. Pasadena megachurch pastor Che Ahn, who announced his candidacy earlier this month with an anodyne press release, told his audience just a few months earlier: “We are the family of God, but we are also in the army of God. And the moment you’re born again, God calls you to warfare.”