Fred Phelps was a Civil Rights lawyer before he started his preacher act- and the entire church thing may well have been an act.
Just like Jim Jones, sans Kool-Aid.
Barry also started out as an ACLU Lawyer, and then got his license as a Christian minister, even though I'm pretty sure he's Jewish.
I only know one thing for sure....they are EVIL, VILE people who are ANTI-CHRISTIAN as can be.