Swift was the son of a Methodist Episcopal Church, South minister and is considered a significant figure in the early years of the Christian Identity movement in the United States.
The church was originally known as the Anglo-Saxon Christian Congregation in Lancaster, California, assuming its present name in 1957.
[2] The hyphenated name was used to express the false idea that Jesus was not a Jew.
[5] In March 2001, the Keenans sold the compound to the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Carr Foundation, a human rights organization which plans to build a human rights center on the property.
[citation needed] The church is now headed by a council of three men, including Senior Pastor Paul R.