![]() And I’m sorry, just because I have morals and values that does not make me a discriminatory bigot. “ Your kid could be demonized and attacked, but your doctor calls it autism.” ![]() In between threatening to kick in Dunkin Donuts employees teeth and refusing to follow his own dictates opposing divorce, Greg Locke is a pastor at Global Vision Bible Church (formerly Global Vision Baptist Church.) It takes little to find offensive comments on from him. The book burning happened ominously in the wake of the banning of Art Spiegelman's acclaimed graphic novel on the Holocaust "Maus" in a nearby school district. Our apologies.īrad speaks with a man he calls Jeff (identity hidden) who went undercover at the book burning led by Pastor Greg Locke. Both he and Jeff were a bit tense-wanting to get the story right and bring listeners into the scene, without giving away Jeff's identity. Brad didn't catch it in the conversation. Visit megaphone.*Correction*: "Jeff" says that Locke's church is in McMinnville, TN. Incidentally, in 2019 in Knoxville an IFB pastor and sheriff’s detective called for the trial and summary execution of queer people.įor an ad-free experience and to support SWAJ: He dissociated from the IFB in mid 2011, claiming that the leadership of the movement had tried to pressure him into taking on a “legalistic mindset of man-made regulations.” Locke claims he pledged to remain amicable with the IFB despite parting ways. The church he leads, Global Vision Bible Church, originally identified itself with the Independent Fundamental Baptist movement (IFB)-one of the most conservative groups of Christians in the nation. Locke’s beliefs are firmly rooted in Christian Fundamentalism. In 2019 he jumped to twitter to post a video of himself burning a book titled “The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American.” LCRW attended one incognito on Wednesday last week and will tell the tale later.īurning books isn’t new to Greg Locke. Recently, he organized burnings of so-called “demonic” items like the Harry Potter and Twilight children’s/young adult books from almost two decades ago. But Locke also calls for more local forms of violence. Locke’s idea of patriotism meant encouraging his followers to attend the January 6th insurrection during sermons and railing in support of Trump’s lies about election fraud. Recently Locke also put out more serious calls to join things like the Black Robe Regiment, a far-right nationalist group of pastors that advocates preaching a “patriotic view” of American politics. I’m sick of the day and age in which we live when people call good evil and evil they call good.” *Correction*: "Jeff" says that Locke's church is in McMinnville, TN.
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