During a sermon on February 13, he claimed to have discovered six witches within his congregation during an exorcism and threatened to expose their names. On February 2, 2022, Locke held a burning of "witchcraft" books from the Twilight and Harry Potter series.
On January 23, 2022, Locke claimed that OCD and autism are "demonic possessions", which was condemned by neurodivergent rights movements and the Autism Faith Network. Locke has been a speaker at several stops on the Reawaken America tour, which feature conspiracy theories about vaccines and the 2020 presidential election. Afterwards, Locke condemned the violence but maintained that it had been instigated by antifa. , and was scheduled to speak before Trump at the Ellipse this did not eventuate, but Locke did preach at the Freedom Plaza on January 5, and near the Capitol steps during the riot. He encouraged his congregation to travel to Washington, D.C. Locke was present during the January 6 attack on the Capitol. He said that those who wore masks to his church would be asked to leave, and discouraged his congregation from getting vaccinated. Locke kept his church open through outbreaks of COVID-19, and claimed that it was is a "fake pandemic". In September 2021, Locke was permanently suspended from Twitter, but his account was later reinstated. As of April 2022, Locke's social media audience numbers in the millions. In 2016 Greg Locke posted a Facebook video in which he criticized changes to Target's bathroom policy. In 2011, the church officially split from the Independent Baptist movement and changed its name to Global Vision Bible Church. Locke founded Global Vision Baptist Church in 2006. įollowing multiple arrests, Locke was sent to a children's home at the age of 15, where he converted to Christianity. His father was imprisoned during Locke's early life, and his mother remarried when he was 5 Locke had a turbulent relationship with his stepfather. Locke was born in Donelson Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1976. He is the founder of Global Vision Bible (formally Baptist) Church located in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. Gregory Duane Locke (born May 18, 1976) is an American born again Christian and non-denominational evangelical Protestant pastor and preacher.
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