Michelangelo Signorile interviews Grant Haas - Part 2 of 7
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John Wesley Fletcher [continued]...
This same church had had a youth pastor be ushered out literally overnight, and the congregation was all "hushed," being told to never bring it up again. I was later told by someone who knew what occurred that the man had been caught do something sexual with a teenaged boy. Sadly, the evangleical church-world in general has NEVER been able to deal with sex, realistically. The Senior Pastor admonished me to "not talk about your attraction." Denial? Surely!
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These stories do not surprise me. I was a 20-something in an evangelical church in the 70's who had John Wesley Fletcher as a traveling evangelist for a week of meetings. John would later be the catalyst in the PTL scandals and the one who introduced Jim Bakker to the church secretary that brought down the ministry. At the time of this event - between 1976 and '79 - John introduced himself to me as a congregant, and left his hand on top of mine on the pew far too long. It really felt weird.
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This is a party church, like many mega churches are. Too many hormones and not enough sexual reedom, equals freak show. The sad thing is, a lot of these men seem to want to be straight but realize how impossible it is to control this tendency, and just go bonkers. These pastors are exactly what is problematic about zealots. They can't pray away lust.
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Thanks for posting!
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holy christ i wanna go to this church now
I'll start posting segments 3-7 this weekend as I'm too busy at work right now to finish the transcription.
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