Kingdom Identity Ministries (KIM) is a self-described "outreach ministry" based in

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, which advocates

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, and extreme homophobia. Its website states that it "is an outreach ministry to God's chosen race" by which it means "the White, European peoples" whom it calls the " true Israel". It adheres to the

white supremacist White supremacy or white supremacism is the belief that white people are superior to those of other races and thus should dominate them. The belief favors the maintenance and defense of any power and privilege held by white people. White s ...

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which is known as

Christian Identity Christian Identity (also known as Identity Christianity) is an interpretation of Christianity which advocates the belief that only Celtic and Germanic peoples, such as the Anglo-Saxon, Nordic nations, or Aryan people and people of kindred blood, ...

. The

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considers it "the largest supplier in existence of materials related to Christian Identity". It primarily functions as a distributor of books, tracts, and audiotapes about Christian identity and offers correspondence courses through its American Institute of Theology. KIM also produces the ''Herald of Truth'' radio program which is broadcast on shortwave,

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, and

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. In addition to Christian Identity material, KIM also circulates other white supremacist material. For example, it sends white supremacist pamphlets to rural communities in Pennsylvania and it funded the distribution of a

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CD in 2007. KIM was founded in 1982 by Mike Hallimore and it currently owns the copyright to a number of works on Christian Identity by Bertrand Comparet and Wesley Swift. Hallimore died on July 10, 2021, at his home in Alpena at age 74.

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