How has TPUSA Faith specifically engaged Catholic parishes and priests since its founding?
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Executive summary
TPUSA Faith has presented itself since its 2021 launch as a national effort to mobilize pastors and congregations toward conservative civic engagement, offering curricula, events and voter-focused programming intended for “the Church” broadly rather than exclusively Protestant denominations [1] [2]. Public materials and reporting document an outreach strategy aimed at activating pastors and building church networks, while independent reporting and TPUSA’s own sites show only limited, indirect evidence that the effort has specifically targeted Catholic parishes or priests as a distinct constituency [2] [3] [4].
1. Mission and tactics: national mobilization of clergy, including pastors and churches
TPUSA Faith’s stated mission is to “equip pastors and believers” to reject what it calls “wokeism,” teach “Biblical Citizenship,” host national events like Freedom Night in America, and provide resource kits and classes intended to increase civic engagement among congregations [3] [2] [5]. TPUSA’s investor materials and reporting note a deliberate, well-funded program to “engage thousands of pastors nationwide” and to breathe civic engagement into churches, with a dedicated budget line in TPUSA’s broader fundraising prospectus [1]. Those tactics — national tours, downloadable curricula, voter registration drives and faith leadership summits — are the mechanisms TPUSA Faith uses to reach clergy networks [2] [6].
2. Evidence of outreach to Catholic actors: general openness, not a documented parish-level campaign
Journalistic reporting shows TPUSA as increasingly open to non‑Protestant Christians, and a 2025 analysis observed TPUSA’s “Faith” arm welcoming Catholics as part of a broader interdenominational strategy, noting leadership changes and an absence of a single doctrinal creed that would exclude Catholic participation [4]. TPUSA Faith’s public materials advertise serving “pastors, faith leaders, churches, and believers across the nation” and building church networks, but those materials do not catalogue a discrete program targeting Catholic dioceses, parishes, or priests by name [6] [2]. Therefore the record supports an inclusive outreach posture rather than proof of a systematic, targeted parish-and-priest campaign specific to Catholic institutions [4] [2].
3. Known Catholic partnerships and personalities: a few aligned clergy, not institutional endorsement
Reporting and organizational histories link individual conservative pastors — such as Rob McCoy, who is credited with helping launch TPUSA Faith — to TPUSA’s faith effort, and note that TPUSA Faith has been led in part by evangelical pastors [1] [7]. The 2025 piece observes TPUSA’s openness toward Catholic participation, and TPUSA’s leadership changes reportedly include figures with Catholic identity, indicating potential bridge-building at the leadership level [4]. However, the sources do not cite diocesan endorsements or coordinated collaborations with Catholic bishops or official parish networks, which would carry institutional weight beyond individual clergy engagement [4] [1].
4. What TPUSA Faith offers Catholic congregations in practice — materials, events, voter mobilization
TPUSA Faith markets concrete offerings that any willing pastor or church might adopt: “Biblical Citizenship” classes, national faith tours, protection kits drawn up by constitutional attorneys, Faith leadership summits, and voter registration drives framed as fulfilling a civic duty [2] [5] [6]. Those products are designed to be distributed to congregations and appear in TPUSA’s outreach toolkit; they constitute the practical route by which TPUSA Faith can and does engage religious communities, including Catholics if local priests or lay leaders opt in [2] [6].
5. Competing interpretations, agendas and evidentiary limits
Supporters portray TPUSA Faith as restoring “biblical truth” and mobilizing moral conviction into civic life [3] [8], while critics warn that the program is a partisan vehicle of a political nonprofit seeking electoral influence through religious networks [1]. The available sources document organizational intent, materials and some individual clergy ties, but they do not provide systematic evidence of outreach specifically tailored to or widely adopted by Catholic parishes or diocesan leadership; that gap leaves open alternative interpretations about the depth and success of TPUSA Faith’s engagement with Catholic priests [1] [4] [2].