Christian exodus movement
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The Christian Exodus Movement, founded by Cory Burnell in 2003, aimed to relocate conservative Christians to South Carolina to form an independent country based on Christian principles.{{Cite web |title=Christian Exodus – WRSP |url=https://wrldrels.org/2024/03/08/christian-exodus/ |access-date=2024-08-16 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Christian Exodus |url=http://christianexodus.org/ |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=christianexodus.org}}{{Cite web |date=2013-11-15 |title=Personal Secession |url=http://www.christianexodus.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=8&Itemid=15 |access-date=2024-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115150630/http://www.christianexodus.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=8&Itemid=15 |archive-date=2013-11-15 }}{{Cite web |title=Neo-Confederate Cory Burnell Advocates South Carolina Succession |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2004/neo-confederate-cory-burnell-advocates-south-carolina-succession |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=Southern Poverty Law Center |language=en}}
Background
It was inspired by movements like the Free State Project.{{Cite web |title=Unplugged Christians living off the grid ['Christian Exodus' and others] |url=https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2525735/posts |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=freerepublic.com}} Its goal was to exert local political influence and ultimately establish a theocratic state that could consider secession from the United States.{{Cite web |title=No Exit: 'Exodus' Group Founder Still in California |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2008/01/07/no-exit-%E2%80%98exodus%E2%80%99-group-founder-still-california |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=Southern Poverty Law Center |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2024-03-12 |title=Christian Exodus |url=https://newreligiousmovements.org/c/christian-exodus/ |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=New Religious Movements |language=en-US}}{{Cite journal |last1=Sweet |first1=Joanna |last2=Lee |first2=Martha F. |date=2010 |title=Christian Exodus: A Modern American Millenarian Movement |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/379868/summary |journal=Journal for the Study of Radicalism |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=1–23 |issn=1930-1197}}{{Cite web |last=Writer |first=ALEXANDER MORRISON Staff |title=Christian Exodus leader has a history |url=https://www.goupstate.com/story/news/2005/10/13/christian-exodus-leader-has-a-history/29346905007/ |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=Spartanburg Herald Journal |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=S. Carolina Targeted for Christian State |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=96695&page=1 |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=ABC News |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=A Defense of the Christian Exodus Project |url=https://christianexodus.net/articles/f/a-defense-of-the-christian-exodus-project}}
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