Queerty has written before about Pastor Jonathan Shelley of the Stedfast Baptist Church in Hurst, near Fort Worth, Texas. In 2019, Shelley gave a sermon in which he welcomed the death of a 75-year-old man who was accidentally run over at a Pride event in Wilton Manors.Related: Texas, Baptist preacher celebrates gay man’s death at Wilton Manors Pride“And, you know, it’s great when trucks accidentally go through those, you know, parades,” Pastor Jonathan Shelley said then. “I think only one person died.
So hopefully we can hope for more in the future.”In a video posted to its YouTube channel yesterday, Shelley delivered another so-called ‘Hard Preaching.”This time, the camera reveals that a dozen or so young kids sit on the floor just in front of him, and have to endure a 90-minute sermon of hate.
Hemant Mehta, a writer and podcaster, posted a short clip to Twitter.Christian hate-preacher Jonathan Shelley’s sermons sound even worse when you see children sitting in the front.
pic.twitter.com/iwq51y2JRD— Hemant Mehta (@hemantmehta) March 6, 2022In it, Shelley tells his audience that “fornicators are not welcome in the church.