MAGA Megachurch Pastor: MLK “Was Not A Christian”

Right Wing Watch reports:

John MacArthur, an influential right-wing megachurch pastor and author, told an audience at his church last week that Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was “not a Christian at all.” MacArthur described the pastor and civil rights icon as “a nonbeliever who misrepresented everything about Christ and the gospel.”

MacArthur, considered one of the most influential evangelical preachers in modern times, has been under fire in recent years for having “repeatedly shamed or ignored victims of abuse while protecting their abusers.” He has a history of preaching what Baptist News has called “cringe-worthy” things about race and slavery.

Read the full article. MacArthur appeared here earlier this week when he declared that Christians who attend same-sex weddings are “celebrating stepping into the fury of God’s judgment.”

John MacArthur, an influential right-wing evangelical preacher, denounced Rev. Martin Luther King as an “unbeliever,” adding to MacArthur’s history of cringe-worthy comments, on race, slavery, religious freedom, and more. https://t.co/RC1ed2JQ7f

— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) February 28, 2024

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