Controversy erupted on the Stronger Men’s Conference in Springfield, Missouri, organized by James River Church, a notable Pentecostal megachurch, when Pastor Mark Driscoll publicly criticized a ‘strip-show-like efficiency by Alexandr Magala, a sword swallower and Vegas performer recognized for his previous as a male stripper.
The incident unfolded after Magala, additionally acknowledged for his appearances on “Britain’s Got Talent,” carried out on the convention with a shirtless act. The outspoken pastor took the stage and expressed his dismay, suggesting that the efficiency was akin to the seductive acts present in a strip membership and indicative of a “Jezebel spirit.”
The time period “Jezebel spirit” originates from the Biblical determine Jezebel, the spouse of King Ahab, who’s talked about within the Books of Kings within the Outdated Testomony.
In modern Christian thought, the “Jezebel spirit” is seen as a demonic spirit or affect that leads people, notably girls (although not completely), to interact in comparable behaviors ascribed to Jezebel, resembling manipulation, sexual immorality, and revolt in opposition to God’s ordained order.
Under is the efficiency from sword swallower Alexandr Magala:
Megachurch has strip-show-like efficiency at males’s convention. Visitor speaker Mark Driscoll spoke out in opposition to it and was kicked off stage.
Unbelievable that any church would enable this. Motive #538 to not attend a megachurch.#ChristIsKing @pearlythingz @sovereignbrah @scrowder… pic.twitter.com/Fl2Vd3DDhn
— Caeden (@thecfrazier) April 14, 2024
“The Jezebel spirit opened our event… On it was a pole… The same thing that’s used in the strip club for women who have the Jezebel spirit to seduce men. In front of that was a man who ripped his shirt off like a woman does in front of a pole at a strip club… That man, then, is sinning,” Driscoll stated.
John Lindell argued that Driscoll had crossed a line by not bringing his considerations on to him earlier than addressing the viewers.
“If your brother offends you, go to him privately. I talked to Mark for a half hour. There was not one word… If he wanted to say it, he could say it to me first. He didn’t. You may not agree with me. You may not agree with him. But we are brothers in Christ, and there’s a right way to handle this,” Lindell stated.
In response to social media customers, the 2 pastors later returned to the stage to debate the correct method to deal with such disagreements throughout the church neighborhood.
The social media response has been combined. One consumer defended the efficiency as mere male acrobatics, arguing that seeing it as sexual in nature speaks to the viewer’s personal points. Conversely, Twitter consumer Caeden, who shared the video, emphasised Magala’s historical past as a stripper, suggesting that the efficiency’s intent was certainly sexual.
He added, “This was NOT an issue with the Lindell, this was an issue with a performance that happened in front of the church, therefore it should be addressed publicly. Lindell made it an issue about him, which is even more alarming because he DID allow it.”
The Gateway Pundit has reached out to the Stronger Males’s Convention for a remark.
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NEW: Pastor Mark Driscoll will get kicked off stage at a males’s convention after he calls out pastor John Lindell for permitting an indication from a male stripper.
The incident occurred on the Stronger Males’s Convention in Springfield, MO.
After Vegas stripper and ‘sword swallower’… pic.twitter.com/hlDHqHHriY
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 14, 2024
