Two weeks ago, my sister and I visited Tennessee on a little bit of business. Seeing that we’re good Christian girls, we had to find a church to visit on Sunday. “Well, I’ve been interested in visiting Pastor Greg Locke’s church.”
My sister hadn’t heard of him before, but something felt right about it. We prayed, and we immediately left our house to drive 8.5 hours to Tennessee, so we could make it to church in the morning.
As we pulled up on the corner of Global Bible Vision Church, friendly staff waved us down and directed us to where we could park. They were having so many guests come in, parking and seating was becoming an issue. A friendly woman greeted us as we came inside, and she invited us to sit next to her. We chatted a little bit, and she gave us an introduction to Pastor Locke.
He was incredibly friendly, fiery, obviously open about his political biases, and very knowledgeable in the word.
I became aware of Pastor Locke after a viral rant on Facebook, telling pastors they needed to open their churches. His church was among the few that never closed down, and he was glad to hear that our ministry was the same.
Even though I hadn’t missed a day of live service since the pandemic began, it was refreshing to be around a larger congregation worshiping together. Even more remarkable was perhaps a fourth of the people in attendance were from out of state. One woman flew from California just to be there.
Pastor Locke made a breaking news announcement: Roger Stone was coming to the church at the end of the month—not to talk politics—to talk about how he recommitted his life to Christ. From then on, Pastor Locke has been a magnet for the media. So, is it any wonder what happened today?
To quote one of my favorite movies, “Take care of yourself. You and your body are going to be together a long time, be good to it.”