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“God saved us,” McCoy told his congregants in his first sermon after Trump won.

Feminism, gay rights and the Vietnam War fueled additional discord, with more traditionalist congregants opposing the ordination of female priests and reacting furiously to mainline Protestant leaders who advocated from the pulpit.

Last month, clearly beset by deepening scandal, Adams told congregants at the Power and Authority Evangelical Ministry and the Changing Lives Christian Center in Brooklyn that the Book of Job was his “favorite” Bible story.

Mehlhaff calls himself “Saint Anthony” and routinely professes genuine religious belief, while the band’s website — since made private — talked about it as if it were a church and its fans congregants.

A few minutes before noon — with two congregants in the pews — the service is about to begin.