Dutch Sheets comes to the idea of the Appeal to Heaven flag in 2013. He was the executive director at a Bible college called Christ for the Nations Institute.

In 2015, the flag gained popularity through the “Appeal to Heaven” national tour of NAR movement pastor Dutch Sheets.

This flag was laregly a relic of history until it was revived by a far-right religious leader named Dutch Sheets, who has transformed the flag into a banner for Christian nationalists.

The New York Times reports that an “Appeal to Heaven” flag, which has origins dating to the Revolutionary War but is now associated with Christian nationalism and efforts to overturn President ...

In 2015, the flag gained popularity through the “Appeal to Heaven” national tour of NAR movement pastor Dutch Sheets.