The church has been noted for espousing white supremacist beliefs and teaching that align with the Christian Identity movement.

In 1987, Gayman began distancing the church from the more militant Christian Identity groups, and by the 1990s, had disassociated altogether.

In 1977, Gayman and 10 other individuals were arrested for trespassing when they led a group back to the Church of Christ at Zion's Retreat in an attempted forcible takeover.

Little of the Latter Day Saint movement background of the church remains in its current teachings and practices.

[1][2] By 1987, as a result of the activities of the Order and the Fort Smith sedition trial, Gayman began distancing himself and the church from more militant and violent strains of Christian Identity, and in January 1987, the church passed a resolution that the Church would not be "a sanctuary, cover, or 'safe house' for any person or persons, organizations or groups, that teach civil disobedience, violence, militant armed might, gun-running, para-military training, hatred of blacks, reprisals against the Jews, posse comitatus, dualist, odinist, Ku Klux Klan, Neo-Nazi, national socialism, Hitler cult, stealing, welfare fraud, murder, war against the government of the United States, polygamy, driving unlicensed vehicles, hunting game without proper licenses, etc.

"[5] The ADL report states that members of the church are said to have been involved at times with controversial figures such as Bo Gritz, Eric Rudolph, and Thomas Robb, a national leader of the Ku Klux Klan.

[5] Donna Henderson, a Republican member of the North Dakota House of Representatives who was first elected in 2022, has close ties to the church as well.

[8] The Church of Israel believes that the medical profession is "Jewish"—an antisemitic trope—and discourages the use of physicians and immunizations.