![]() ![]() All they know is the ministry of helping broken people and now just happen to be some of the brokest of all of us," he said. You take that away from them, they know nothing else. ![]() That's what they love, that's where they feel the most grace and forgiveness and acceptance. "If I feel like the Lord says you need to step away and take a sabbatical, I will. If he is led to do so, however, he said he would. When asked if he would be willing to step away from ministry even for a season to save his family, he said he didn't feel God leading him to step away just yet. Locke said the attack on his ministry and the revelation of the details of his divorce filing was now affecting his children and he hopes the firestorm will die soon. He said prior to his wife leaving him, she wasn't getting treatment for her mental illness but she is being treated at the facility where she is. And long before she ever went to Georgia she'd already got an Uber, packed her stuff and left me." "I didn't divorce my wife or leave my wife. My kids are here because my kids choose to be here, because my kids know the truth, my kids live with me," he said. I've done nothing but serve her, help her. "Even if it is a poor testimony, which it is, that doesn't make me an adulterer. they're all like, 'We saw this coming.' It's not like for a lack of not trying," he said. And never saw this coming and everybody and anybody that's known about our situation. "I might have a big influence but I probably have a bigger influence to broken people now 'cause after 21 years, I'm flat broke in every way imaginable. He said even though his family life is messy right now, he believes it simply makes him more relatable to broken people. What am I going to do with that? Same thing happened with his wife," Locke said. Locke confirmed the interview with CP.Ĭiting divorced leaders like senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, Charles Stanley, Locke doesn't believe he is disqualified from ministry over something which he cannot control. And Greg's mom agrees with me on that," said Dunn, who explained that he interviewed Locke's mother. "From a doctrinal standpoint, if the guy has a mentally-ill wife and he has so much marriage trouble his house isn't in order, he shouldn't have been a pastor this whole time. This happened four months ago," he said of his wife.Ĭritics, however, like Seth Dunn, an accountant and theologian who wrote the Pulpit & Pen report, said many former members of Locke's church, as well as his own mother don't believe he is fit for ministry. I'm in contact with caregivers on a regular basis. Pastor Greg Locke and his now ex-wife Melissa Locke in happier times. He insists, however, that he had very little control over Melissa's actions as divorce isn't something he believes in. The popular internet preacher who shot to fame after he posted a video on Facebook on April 22, 2016, criticizing Target for its new policies on gender-neutral bathrooms, has been coming under fire since it was revealed that he had separated from his wife. Locke did not reveal the name of the shelter, but CP was able to independently verify the faith-based organization which "averages around 30 women and children at any given time." But it's not something like a homeless shelter. When asked if that description was in line with being a shelter, he said, "It is a shelter there is no doubt. She's only there because of the comfort," he said when first asked if his wife was in a shelter. The only reason why she is there is that the lady who runs it is like her grandmother, and so she's there. She is at a place that helps ladies get on their feet again. "She's been in and out of mental health facilities but that is not where she is right now. In an interview with The Christian Post Tuesday where he bobbed between bouts of embarrassment, defensiveness and candor, Locke revealed his longstanding battle with Melissa's mental illness. Locke's admission comes after Pulpit & Pen reported last Wednesday that he coerced his estranged wife, Melissa, to file for divorce and get out of town. Pastor Greg Locke of Global Vision Bible Church in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, who reaches millions through his popular Facebook page, has admitted that his ex-wife and mother of his children, whom he has "loved for 21 years," is now living in a shelter in Georgia but insists that this is the way she wants to live. Greg Locke (L), lead pastor of Global Vision Bible Church in Tennessee and his ex-wife, Melissa. ![]()
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