There are currently over 5,300 reported cases of coronavirus in Tennessee, and there have been over 100 deaths, but that isn’t stopping one antigay pastor from continuing to hold church services week after week.
Last weekend, Greg Locke of the Global Vision Bible Church in Mt. Juliet once again defied social distancing orders put in place by Gov. Bill Lee, who recently issued an executive order prohibiting gatherings of 10 or more people.
On Good Friday, Locke held a live reenactment of Jesus’ crucifixion outside his church. He shared a video on Twitter showing his 16-year-old son as the bloodied Christ hanging from a cross, and his 17-year-old daughter as Mary. Locke said tons of people had stopped by to witness the performance, which lasted all day.
A look at our Live crucifixion scene. IT IS FINISHED. #GoodFriday2020 pic.twitter.com/UFbgtriu4q
— Pastor Greg Locke (@pastorlocke) April 10, 2020
Then on Sunday, he welcomed over 250 people to the church for Easter services. Locke said he choose to hold the service after consulting with church staff, elders, and his congregation. He also said extra cleaning measures would be taken.
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“We want people to know we are a clean environment,” he says. “We’re a safe environment.”
To help ease people’s minds, he even set up a “sanitizing station” and gave out face masks to anyone who wanted one.
Locke has repeatedly insisted that his ministry is an “essential service,” telling a local media outlet recently, “It’s important for us to remain open. It’s not because we’re trying to prove a point.”
Last year, Locke, who opposes same-sex marriage, divorced his wife of over 20 years to marry her best friend, who also worked as his administrative assistant.
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Cam
“”Locke has repeatedly insisted that his ministry is an “essential service,” telling a local media outlet recently, “It’s important for us to remain open. It’s not because we’re trying to prove a point.”””
Translation: HE makes money by passing the collection plate, so it’s essential for his wallet to put these people in danger.
Again, the Trump/evangelical cult is becoming a suicide cult.
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“On the cross all day”….
The look on that 16 year old boy’s face was wishing he could have pissed on his abhorrent reprehensive “Father”…
Chrisk
Yeah, if ever there was a look of being forced to do something.
My guess pastor loony tunes wouldn’t hesitate to beat the shit out of him for any defiance. Bigots are usually bullies.
enlightenone
…And in this case, I would join him, and then have his pops sent by container to Saudi Arabia for a public stoning or throw from a roof. I will put a note in the container that informs them he is a “closet case!”
arie570
He is probably wishing his dad was in any other profession. Lol
GRMonLI
Horrible! This guy needs to be brought up on Child Abuse Charges!!!!
enlightenone
This is a viable case at least if it happened here in California!
enlightenone
And to continue with his delusional thinking, you can’t CLEAN a virus, nor is a fake god essential. And just for sh**ts and giggles would be curious to know where he got all those face masks and/or how they were made? I can say, given who this fake pastor is, he didn’t make all those masks himself or shell out the dollars to buy them!
Harley
Not authentic unless they use real nails.
loren_1955
Not wishing death on any one, however, what we are seeing are Darwin’s laws in action. Stupid people do stupid things to lead to their deaths, thus enacting the law Survival of the Fittest. Their deaths will reduce the gene pool of stupidity.
Josh in OR
Oh look. More death cultists completely missing the point of the Jesus story.
What a shock…
Outpost12156
Hey, if he wants to do a historical re-enactment, he needs to know that, despite what you see on 99.99% of the crucifixes found today, when men were crucified, they were completely naked. Utterly. The loin cloths were added for modesty sake. That was the shame of the crucifixion! To have it all hanging out for all to see (and maybe even make comment on). I have only seen one crucifix done in the historically accurate way, and I must admit that it did take my breath away.
Well anyway, this fellow is the typical of those self-made evangelical pastors who think they know every thing. There was a sign board recently posted that said: Our pastor believes in science, our pastor believes in the Bible, our pastor doesn’t know everything.
alzallout
I recall in the Philippines there is a reality based reenactment of the crucifixion. Some comely young man gets hyped up and whipped and drags a cross and gets nailed. To the cross, not figuratively by a team of sweaty Centurions but with hammer and nails by some sadistic priest or volunteer. Hope they have a diagram to go by.
ShiningSex
The idiot’s son looks like a total bottom.
If his followers want to go and get sick then they’re idiots and deserve what they get, but realizing they’re fake christians because they’re putting others at risk.
Den
“Last year, Locke, who opposes same-sex marriage, divorced his wife of over 20 years to marry her best friend, who also worked as his administrative assistant.”
Thus demonstrating his love for the “sanctity” of “God ordained marriage”. There is also the charming statement on the video: “I don’t serve a dead Jew in a Palestinian tomb, I serve a risen Savior.” Obviously he feels free to ignore his “savior’s” words when they are inconvenient (whoever divorces his wife and remarries commits adultery).
Kangol2
Dumpy the Con’s Talevangelical Party of “Life” gang = Death Cult
rand503
Too bad it wasn’t raining.
missvamp
let him keep hosting- sheep to the slaughter. stupid people can all gather & make each other sick. more idiots removed from this earth. less bigots we have to deal with. darwinism in action.
Stephen
11th commandment. Thou shalt not mock the Lord thy saviour.
12th commandment. Thou shalt not covet thy wife’s BFF.
Cheesy jack off, bad social example on every single moral, scientific, medical, plague common sense value system.
But his kid gets up on a cross and his daughter kneels as Mary. The mother or the wife/disciple/financier/women of means Vatican 2, 1964, expressed regret for calling a wealthy widow a prostituye redeemed by Jesus?
Doug
Wow. This is desperate.
Norm
OMG! Hi Jesus, don’t worry about waving!
CityguyUSA
Why isn’t Jesus’s gay behavior not in the Bible? Because the Bible is a political book that has very little to do with reality. Coronavirus death to the haters.
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Call the Child Abuse Hotline to report child abuse or neglect in the State of Tennessee.
877-237-0004
•I am urge others to do so…
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Actually filed a companint, this is what CPS replied back after their “investigation”
Referral Result
Does not meet the definition of abuse or neglect as established by Tennessee Law and Rules
JRinDallas
Yes, in Tennessee, crucifixion is a standard parenting practice.
JRinDallas
Makes perfect sense when you consider that Christianity is the only religion that uses an instrument of torture as its symbol.