Pastor Greg Locke has grown his congregation over the last year by preaching that Covid-19 is a 'fake pandemic' and the vaccine is a scam. But Locke's preaching on Covid-19 and vaccines has torn one family apart after one of its members died from the virus
Mt. Juliet, TN Pastor Greg Locke has grown his congregation over the last year by preaching that Covid-19 is a"fake pandemic" and the vaccine is a scam.
Many people who were eager to get around pandemic restrictions drove from out of state to attend services at Locke's Global Vision Bible Church in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee.His following has grown since December when CNN interviewed him. He preaches under a circus tent twice the size of his old one. He's got big, professional lighting rigs and a restroom trailer. He said he's now even more opposed to the vaccine.'use strict';CNN.Videx=CNN.Videx || {};CNN.Videx.mobile={};CNN.
Tennessee pastor falsely claims 'Covid-19 is not a pandemic' 05:09"I ain't getting it. I ain't promoting it," he said during his Sunday service on May 23, which CNN attended."And I discourage everybody under this tent to get it."But Locke's preaching on Covid-19, and the vaccines designed to combat it, had already caused a rift in one family when a member died from the virus.