This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Online, many had the same response to Locke’s latest rantings. I’m not selling out to the sodomite witchcraft community!” “As far as I’m concerned, God can evacuate the building and burn the whole thing to the ground because that is wicked, vile, ungodly, and this pastor is not selling out. Locke pointed to a photo of Grant with a crystal ball and tarot cards as proof of their witchcraft. “Now they’re celebrating an abomination that is publicly practicing witchcraft.” ![]() “When the Gospel Music Association gets to a place where it is so cowardly, weak, and anemic, that they would even let that demonic pervert stand in the parking lot of one of their events, it shows you how sick, sorry, wicked and vile… because now, they’re not just celebrating an abomination,” Locke raged. “As far as I’m concerned, God can evacuate the building and burn the whole thing to the ground…” /IEfAjWLsWw- Hemant Mehta Octo“Witchcraft” He blasted the Dove Awards for allowing the performers inside the building.Ĭhristian hate-preacher Greg Locke went on an unhinged rant this morning because drag queen Flamy Grant will attend (but not perform at) the Gospel Music Association’s Dove Awards. We’re simply going to be present, to express our queer joy, and to celebrate in our little corner of the room.” “We’re not going to stir up trouble or demand a single thing. “Think of our attendance at the Dove Awards as a sort of banner-wielding, exploratory scouting expedition,” said Grant (otherwise known as Matthew Lovegood) to Baptist News. ![]() However, she and another queer singer, Semler, have said they plan to attend as audience members. It takes place tomorrow night in Nashville.ĭespite Grant’s success, she has not been nominated in any of its 40 categories. The Gospel Music Association’s Dove Awards is regarded as Contemporary Christian Music’s premier event. In case you missed the news, Grant is a gospel-inspired drag performer who topped the iTunes Christian music chart earlier this year with her album, Bible Belt Baby. Or rather, one drag queen in particular: Flamy Grant. What was the cause of Locke’s latest fire and brimstone sermon?ĭrag queens. ![]() "I was surrounded and immersed in a culture that I've never been immersed in, and one of the things in ministry, if you want to involve people different than yourself in your ministry, you have to go to where people different than you are," he said.A post shared by Flamy Grant well-known evangelical preacher, with a large online following, treated his congregation to another hate-filled sermon over the weekend.Įvangelical Protestant pastor Greg Locke, 47, is the founder of the Global Vision Bible Church in Mt. He did not regret his moment in the spotlight. "May the bridge of understanding and acceptance of the LGBTQ community continue to expand across our community and beyond as God's love shines through," the pastor and his partner Linda said in a statement. ![]() The pastor's fate caused a surge of emotion, sparking an online fundraiser that raised nearly $60,000 in donations on Wednesday. "He has not been found to have committed any chargeable offense or other violation of the United Methodist Book of Discipline," Gieselman said in a letter to parishioners.Ĭontacted by AFP on Wednesday, Gieselman declined to make any further comments. Having received "numerous calls and emails that are highly critical of Craig’s actions," Mitch Gieselman, the district superintendent of the church in Evansville, Indiana, said he had decided to relieve Duke of pastoral duties and "significantly reduced" his salary.īut Gieselman said he had not been fired nor had he resigned. The Methodist reverend described the appearance as "an incredibly wonderful, refreshing, deepening, powerful spiritual experience," in an interview with the Religion News Service.īut he quickly found himself in hot water with his flock.
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