Just when you thought the world couldn’t get any weirder, it always does.
In a new reaction video, Isaiah Saldivar shared footage of an absolutely heart-breaking and terrifying video of apostasy up-front and center as a United Methodist “pastor” used the pulpit as an outlet to discuss his sexual identity as a gay man and to talk about being a drag queen.
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The speaker, Rushing Kimble, is the pastor of Broadway United Methodist Church in Orlando, Florida. One of the first things he discusses with the congregation is how his “drag name is still a work in progress.”
The next bizarre thing that Kimble does from behind the pulpit is who he decides to give thanks to.
“Usually, when pastors get up, they’re like, ‘I just want to thank my spiritual covering, I want to thank my wife and kids, I want to thank the leadership here,’” Saldivar points out.
However, Kimble thanked his makeup artist instead.
“I need to say thank you to Amanda Rose for doing my makeup this morning,” Kimble says.
Kimble continues, thanking his community for making him the gay man he is today.
“I could not be the proud, gay man serving as a pastor of a United Methodist congregation, in Orlando, in Florida, in the South without having long-standing allies and the work of inclusion,” Kimble says.
Saldivar makes the point that judging this as wrong and immoral is necessary for Christians because this apostasy is coming from within the church walls.
“This is in the body of Christ. This is in a sacred place where the pulpit should be holy, in a Methodist Church which comes from the roots of John Wesley who was a revivalist, and now here we are, this is just normal place in the Methodist Church,” says Saldivar.
Kimble continues by talking about the wealth and power that the a “two-male household” has over other communities and how it is their job to collaborate and lift up others with less funds.
Saldivar perfectly describes how this scenario highlights what’s happening in the church and in our culture at large right now.
“Everything’s upside-down. Good is bad, and bad is good,” Saldivar says.
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Isaiah 5:20 tells us, “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who exchange darkness for light, and light for darkness; who exchange bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”
God is looking for pure and spotless bride when He returns. If this is what the church has started to accept as more important than the message of the gospel—that Christ died for our sins and rose from the dead three days later—then we will be judged for that.
For those who believe this wicked way is the truth, pray for them, that their eyes may be opened to God’s mighty power, love and saving grace that is found in Christ alone.
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Abby Trivett is content development editor for Charisma Media.
