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Greg Locke Jumps the Gun

Gregory Duane Locke of Global Vision Bible Church (GVBC) in Mt. Juliet, TN can finally honestly say that he is “a divorced pastor.”  Locke’s divorce from his estranged wife Melissa was finalized three weeks ago.   In January, Locke released a dramatic Facebook video proclaiming to his 1 Million+ followers that he had been abandoned by his … Read more

Locked Out: A Former Global Vision Church Member Speaks Out About Greg Locke

My name is Lori Pierce. Five years ago, my family and I began attending Global Vision Bible Church (GVBC) in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. We had heard its pastor, Greg Locke, preach online and we really liked his expository preaching style. We had been attending another local church but felt we needed to experience deeper exposition of … Read more

Police Called on Faith Healer Who Touched Unwilling People in Gym Lockerroom

Thanks to the influence of Todd White, the charismatic suburbanite preacher with Predator dreads who regularly regales audiences of his mostly-unsubstantiated claims to impromptu healings, charismatics around the country have been busy scouting out unsuspecting people who have a physical ailment, for whom they can pray, “lay on hands,” and get healed. White will scout … Read more

Black Friday: Investigating Greg Locke’s Dubious Viral Video Claims

It is with great joy that Christians throughout the world will soon celebrate the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus, starting on Good Friday and continuing through Easter Sunday.  These two holidays mark the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.  In a span of three days, Christ defeated the grave and gave mankind … Read more

Video: Greg Locke Rebuked at Church, Church Assaults the Man and His Family

  Greg Locke is a conservative Internet-famous Facebook preacher who is known for his selfie-videos opining on political and social issues. He is pastor of Global Vision Church in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. Originally beginning as an Independent, Fundamental Baptist preacher, Locke eventually drifted from his theological roots and took more of a mainstream, seeker-friendly appeal … Read more

Benchmark Church and the Sunk Costs of Supporting Greg Locke

I hung up the phone with Benjamin Blankenship on Sunday night agitated. Blankenship is the pastor of Benchmark Church in Oliver Springs, TN. This Thursday he is to feature the disgraced preacher Greg Locke as a headline speaker at the revival services at his church. I informed Blankenship that Locke was divorcing his wife against … Read more

Why Conservative Christians – and not the LGBT or Liberal Lobby – Brought Down Greg Locke

Greg Locke is an internet-famous preacher with literally millions of Facebook followers who eagerly watch his daily videos extolling the virtues of conservative politics with a Jesusy-vibe. He’s been an outspoken critic of the LGBTQXYZLMNOP lobby, gun control, and leftist politics. He’s also – as revealed by Pulpit & Pen – a self-absorbed cyber celebrity … Read more

Greg Locke: American Pastor

Note: This article contains disturbing content and profane language. Reader discretion is advised.  Assertions about Greg Locke’s behavior are based upon the testimony of those interviewed. Last week, CNN featured Pastor Greg Locke and his church, Global Vision Bible Church, (GVBC) in a nationally televised segment about Donald Trump and his evangelical supporters in the … Read more

Greg Locke and the Two Buses

“I wouldn’t give Greg Locke dung if he was a blind tumble bug.“  Jimmy Hayden  It was January 8th and Alabama was losing 13-0 to Georgia at the half of the CFB National Championship game.  I had kind of, and quite foolishly, given up on the game.  Normally, I wouldn’t make a Pulpit & Pen related phone call (really any phone call) … Read more

Pastor Greg Locke: Opting for the Newer Model

The following story is the product of interviews with and submissions from numerous sources local to Middle Tennessee. The truth of the reporting here is dependent on the accuracy of the information reported by those sources. Pulpit & Pen is confident in the accuracy of the information provided. Anyone with first-hand information about Pastor Greg Locke, … Read more

Greg Locke: “I Did Not Divorce My Wife”

Popular internet personality and Mt. Juliet, Tennessee pastor Greg Locke said it plainly on a recent Facebook video (now removed) that addressed his followers, “I did not divorce my wife.” While making the claim, now demonstrated to be false, that he was a “divorced pastor,” Locke insisted that it was he who had been abandoned … Read more

Divorced? The State of Greg Locke’s Marriage

On January 8th, Pulpit & Pen published an article critical of Pastor Greg Locke’s separation from his wife Melissa, to whom he has been married for twenty years.  Greg is the pastor of Global Vision Bible Church in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee.  Melissa is currently residing in an out of state women’s’ shelter and has been, according to Pulpit & Pen’s sources, repeatedly admitted to the hospital with stress related symptoms.  … Read more

Who’s Afraid of Greg Locke? A Call for Testimonies

Are you a member of Global Vision Bible Church?  Are you afraid of Greg Locke?    This week, I had the extreme displeasure of listening to his sermon “Shake it Off.” I use the term “his” loosely because it seems he plagiarized the sermon from another Tennessee preacher.  What he didn’t plagiarize was the vicious signal … Read more