One Kentucky megachurch pastor has
come under fire after he called for a
curse against those who – he says –
“stole” the 2020 presidential election
from President Trump, The Christian
Post reports.
During a worship service on Sunday,
Rev. Bob Rodgers of Evangel World
Prayer Center in Louisville made the
remarks as he led his congregation in
prayer.
“Father, those that have lied, those that
have stolen this election, those that
have cheated, I place the curse of God
upon them,” Rodgers said, according to
a video clip shared on Twitter.
Bob Rodgers is a religious, far-
right extremist at Evangel World
Prayer Church in Louisville, KY.
It’s alarming that he’s praying
for God to destroy people’s
livelihoods because they voted
against 4 more years of Donald
Trump. This is total BS! 😡
pic.twitter.com/gTSdS5cyMP
— Israel McCullough (he/him)
(@IsraelMC01) January 10,
2021
“I curse you with weakness in your
body. I curse you with poverty. I cursed
you with the worst year you’ve ever
had in the name of the Lord,” he
continued.
In another clip that is believed to be
from the same service, Rodgers
explained that he had an angel tell
them Trump was supposed to win and
that “it isn’t over yet.”
“I had an angel come to me and tell me
that Trump was going to be the next
president. And to be honest, he
probably had the biggest landslide
victory in the history of America,” he
argued. “But that doesn’t mean we are
wrong. It means it isn’t over yet.”
From yesterday: Christian
Nationalism from the pulpit.
This is how extremists are
made. This is how we get raids
on the Capitol.
Fellow Christians & Christian
leaders- we MUST condemn
this.
Shame on @DrBobRodgers
from @EvangelWPC
On Wednesday, several Louisville
pastors condemned Rodger’s
comments in a press conference that
was streamed on Facebook.
According to local news outlet
WHAS11 , Rev. Tim Findley of the
Kingdom Fellowship Christian Life
Center said that in the wake of last
week’s U.S. Capitol attack that resulted
in the deaths of five people, Rodger’s
words were not only irresponsible but
dangerous.
“Less than a week after we see the
violent mob storm the Capitol, and riot
and loot, where one police officer was
beat to death, and less than a week
after that, you’re pushing that kind of
rhetoric …” Findley said at the press
conference. “I think now you’re in an
irresponsible, dangerous place.”
Meanwhile, Frank Smith of Christ’s
Church For Our Community urged the
megachurch pastor to apologize and
confess that he went too far.
“Confess that you have gone too far,”
Smith contended. “Lead your people to
truly a sound theology not tainted with
Democratic patriotism but rather based
on the sacrificial blood from the
cross.”
Findley noted that there is a “mentality
of superiority” that “has invaded the
pulpit”, and that such language, as
used by Rodger’s, should be
condemned.
“Why is this so important right now?
Because there are alerts going out to
law enforcement as we speak alerting
people to be on guard because on the
day of the inauguration there are
planned – not protests – but violent
actions,” he explained.
On Tuesday, Rodgers, who is also the
president of Word Broadcasting
Network in Louisville and co-hosts a
Christian program called “Word Alive”
with his wife, clarified that his words
were not meant to curse people but the
demonic forces within them.
“This is a prayer not to curse people
but to curse the demonic forces that
people have allowed to rule them that
would harm a nation,” he told WHAS11 .
“I do pray that trouble will come to
them if they don’t repent and that they
will turn from their wicked ways.”
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