Pastor Greg Locke speaks at Bards Fest in St. Locke said that the church has baptized more than 1,000 people during the pandemic and he has no plans to stop in-person services. In the video, Locke claimed he would sue Twitter and called for his fellow Christians to fight what he sees as liberal forces destroying the nation.ĭespite its lack of masks, Global Vision has drawn large crowds, often drawing out-of-state fans of Locke’s videos. “ if you don’t think persecution is here, you are not paying attention,” he said in the Facebook Live video. In a Facebook Live video, he claimed to be the first pastor to be banned on Twitter and said his banning was an attack on Christians. Locke, whose sermons are also filled with conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election - he has called people who believe that Joe Biden won the election “crack-smoking, demon-controlled leftists” - declined to be interviewed about the Twitter ban. Just a normal Sunday at Global Vision Bible Church as right-wing pastor Greg Locke literally screams at his congregation 'do not get vaccinated' while saying that only 'crack-smoking, demon-possessed leftists' think Biden is the legitimate president. “Do not get vaccinated,” he told his congregation in August. Locke has also warned churchgoers not to be vaccinated, referring to the COVID-19 vaccine as an “experimental potion.”

While the governor of Tennessee has issued past guidelines limiting the size of large group meetings during the pandemic, churches have been exempt from those statewide restrictions. If you want to social distance, go to First Baptist Church, but don’t come to this one.” I am not playing these Democrat games up in this church. “If they go through round two and you start showing up all these masks and all this nonsense, I’ll ask you to leave. “Don’t believe this delta variant nonsense,” he told worshipers at a July service. RELATED: America’s Revival features calls to prayer, Jesus trumps COVID claims and Mike Lindell conspiracy theories “We celebrate FAITH over FEAR,” the sign reads. The pastor went so far as to post an anti-mask sign outside the 3,000-seat tent where his church holds outdoor services, stating that the church campus is mask-free. Locke has repeatedly mocked those who wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and has told worshipers that anyone who shows up at his church in a mask will be asked to leave. “I’ve just been hanging on for the ride.” “It’s been a whirlwind,” he told Religion News Service in an interview earlier this year at America’s Revival, a God-and-country conference held in Dallas, where Locke was a featured speaker. His Facebook videos criticizing that decision and follow-up videos about plans by Target to allow transgender people to use the bathroom of their choice went viral, turning Locke into a social media force. RELATED: Post-Trump, Christian nationalists preach a theology of vaccine resistance Pastor of the independent Global Vision Bible Church in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, just east of Nashville, Locke was a relatively unknown figure until he discovered the power of social media in the wake of the 2015 Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationally. Welcome to America,” Greg Locke said in a Facebook message posted Tuesday afternoon (Sept. “Twitter just permanently suspended my account. (RNS) - A Tennessee pastor known for controversial stands on COVID-19 and the 2020 election has been banned from the social media giant Twitter. Locke spoke of Dominion machines switching votes and Biden ballots “falling from the sky,” of “enemies at the gate” and Washington’s troops on the Delaware in 1776, of a fight between “good and evil.” “Take it back,” the crowd chanted.Pastor Greg Locke, of Global Vision Bible Church in Tennessee, during a video interview. An evangelical pastor, Greg Locke, who had gained national attention for calling Covid-19 a “fake pandemic,” offered them his church and joined the tour as a speaker”. “In Tennessee, a church that was to host a rally canceled after threats of violence. Below are two of the portions in which they are insinuating, once again, that we are vicious insurrectionists. It bashed people, took us out of context and further put targets upon those of us that didn’t nothing wrong.

It was a giant hit piece on anyone that supported the President and believed the election was fraudulent. This morning, a very long and very trashy article dropped in The NY Times.

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