Jim Burgen
Flatirons Community Church
Founder and lead pastor of Flatirons Community Church, one of the largest churches in the U.S. with over 10,000 weekly attendees across five campuses. Has pushed his congregation into political activism, telling Christians who refuse to sign anti-trans petitions they are 'traitors' to Jesus. Promoted conspiracy theories linking LGBTQ rights to pedophilia from the pulpit.
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Flatirons Community Church
355 W South Boulder Rd, Lafayette, CO 80026
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Documented Evidence(3)
+ Submit Evidence“If you're a Christian, to not engage in this spiritual battle to protect kids, to me, is the equivalent of mutiny and deserting your post.”
During a November 2025 sermon viewed by 9,000 on YouTube, Burgen called Christians who refuse to sign anti-trans ballot petitions 'traitors' to Jesus, while promoting conspiracy theories tying LGBTQ rights to sex trafficking.
View source →“Separation of church and state — if you read your Bible, that's not even in the Bible. Christians, we need to wise up.”
Burgen rejected the concept of church-state separation from the pulpit, urging his congregation to engage in political activism as a Christian duty.
View source →Paula Stone Williams documented how Burgen initially embraced a transgender congregant publicly, then reversed course under pressure and told her she needed to 'return to life as a man.'
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