Stephen E. (Steve) Strang (born 1951) is an

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publisher. He is the founder and chief executive officer of

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. In 2005 he was named by

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as one of the “25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America”.“Influential Evangelicals”, Time Magazine, 7 February, 2005
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Personal

Strang has a wife named Joy and two sons, Chandler and Cameron.“Father, son Christian publishers travel parallel paths”, Orlando Sentinel, 2 January 2011
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Early career

Strang started his career as a reporter for The Sentinel Star, a

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newspaper.Sam Kestenbaum, “Life After Proclaiming a Trump Re-election as Divinely Ordained”, New York Times, 19 September, 2021
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Charisma Media

Strang founded Charisma magazine in 1975 through his church, Calvary Assembly of God, in

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. He bought out the magazine in 1981. He targeted the magazine to

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Christians. By the year 2000, the magazine employed 200 people and had a revenue of $US 30 million.

Political action

Strang has supported

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for US president and was invited to the Bush White House. Strang supported

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for US president in 2008. Strang has been a supporter of

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, asserting that divine prophecy foretold his election in 2016. He also felt that divine prophecy foretold the reelection of Donald Trump in 2020, and did not concede that Joe Biden won the election until after

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certified the election on January 6, 2021. As of February 2023, Strang was a supporter of

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for the Republican nomination for president.

Books

Strang has written numerous books including: *''The Faith of George W. Bush'' *''God, Donald Trump and the 2020 Election'' *''God and Cancel Culture''Tim Dickinson, “The ‘God Emperor’ Who Could Cost Trump the Election”, Rolling Stone, 28 February 2023
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Criticism

Strang has been criticized by Right Wing Watch because he has "cast political battles as holy wars".

References

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