Church Faces Pushback over Skit Depicting Devil Executed by Firing Squad at Youth Event
Online critics and parents condemned the skit as inappropriate for children, while the pastor said it was meant to teach the battle between good and evil.
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Kentucky Church Goes Viral Over Skit That Forced Kids to Watch Firing Squad. But Drag Queen Story Time Is Bad?
A Kentucky church is facing online backlash for subjecting an audience filled with children to a skit that included a tactical military assault in which church staff shot “the devil.” The video, which has been widely circulated and reviewed by Them, shows an audience of children and adults gathered for Vacation Bible School at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Lexington. In the video, church staff members dressed in camo and bullet proof vests storm …
Viral church skit fuels debate; commenter calls out Reddit culture
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Residents are clashing over a vacation Bible school performance at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church that has drawn intense scrutiny. A video of a Vacation Bible School dramatization at the church has gone viral, drawing objections over its violent imagery. The scene was part of an event called “Commandos for Christ” at the church’s vacation Bible school for children. The video shows men in military-style costumes marching down the cent…
Lexington church going viral for mock execution of the devil in children's skit
(WUKY) In the video, children in the pews watch and cheer as mock commandos take aim at a figure at front of the church — a representation of the devil, according to church leaders — and open fire, all while Pastor Dewayne Walker leads a chant of “take him out, blow him up.” Critics online accused the church of inflicting trauma on the children, with one commenter calling the skit “sickening.” In a seven-minute video response posted to Facebook,…
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