For many people, the last they heard of Perry Noble was back in 2016. At the time he was the founder and lead pastor of Newspring Church, an SBC mega-church with a daily attendance of 32,000. He was seen as a rock star in evangelical circles, headlining major conferences and sending social media ablaze with … Read more
On this episode, JD reviews a FB post from Perry Noble who says being fat is worse than abortion. He also answers a whole bunch of sincere questions. JD explains the difference between obesity and gluttony, and why one doesn’t imply the other. Video of this episode: Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:08:41 — 31.2MB) | Embed … Read more
You might remember Perry Noble, the divorced, alcoholic pastor who was booted from Newspring, the megachurch he founded, a few years ago. After his dismissal, he entered a 30-day rehab program, claiming he was cured of his alcoholism and vowed to return to ministry. While relentlessly threatening Pulpit & Pen with legal action for exposing … Read more
I haven’t got a subscription to Cool Former Mega-Pastors Monthly, but it seems like doing the cursing things is so 2007. Mark Driscoll made it cool, and now it’s between the stages of hip and not-yet-retro. But, that hasn’t stopped Perry Noble from proving his “realness” by dropping some scatological language and butchering Biblical texts … Read more
What do you do when you’re in the midst of a nasty divorce, have lost your right to be a full-time dad to your kids, have your church declare you unfit for ministry and hire a Hollywood Public Relations expert to rebuild your reputation? You write a weight loss book, I guess. Perry Noble just … Read more
Perry Noble had a few choice words for us in a selfie video done from his car. He did not like our sermon review. Or, at least, the last line about his appeal for money. “I tend to stay away from the discernment websites – um – because, well just because. But their hypocrisy they … Read more
Perry Noble talked into his phone for approximately 30 minutes for his “church launch.” Perry Noble was known for primarily three things, prior to self-destructing in his personal life due to alcoholism and bad marital decisions (and now divorce). He was known for (1) being the pastor of a mega-church, NewSpring, (2) playing Highway to … Read more
It seems that disqualified “pastor” Perry Noble is trying to give himself a second chance. In an unprecedented move in Christian scumbaggery, Perry Noble is appointing himself lead “pastor” over his Second Chances Church. Noble’s “church” is going to be an online Facebook Live style venue which will feature Noble “preaching” to his online audience. … Read more
The pastoral epistles are very clear on the qualifications for pastoral ministry. While those qualifications are not given under the expectancy that any man, all the time, flawlessly perfects those stipulations, they are designed to generally typify or characterize his life. When someone’s life isn’t over-all typified by those requirements, their local church is to … Read more
That’s a first. A post we published about Perry Noble threatening us with legal action completely disappeared from our website. It has also been taken down from Church Watch Central, a site that also ran the story. We reached out to Church Watch Central, and they were told that we (that is, Pulpit & Pen) … Read more
Perry Noble is the (formerly?) drunken pastor who played Highway to Hell on Easter Sunday, cussed at his church members for wanting discipleship, was rebuked by his denomination for butchering the Ten Commandments, and who was released from his megachurch ministry position for unrepentance regarding alcohol and what appears to be marital indiscretions. Recently, we … Read more
Perry Noble now runs a business designed to give business advice to churches, on the grounds that – according to him – “churches are businesses.” Noble announced his return to ministry before getting out of rehab for his alcohol issues, and shortly after he was relieved of his position at New Spring Church for addiction … Read more
Notable former pastor and founder of Newspring church in Anderson, SC gave his tacit approval of alcohol consumption in 2013. Three years later, he was fired by his church for “falling into sin” with alcoholism. The elders of his church made the decision to terminate him from the pastorate. Less than two months later, after … Read more
Disgraced former pastor of Newspring Church in Anderson, SC, says God is calling him back to the ministry–except this time, he’s in it for the business. After losing his job last year as senior pastor of the seeker-friendly megachurch for years of alcohol-related transgressions, he vowed to return to ministry after a 30-day rehab program … Read more
Perry Noble recently told his Facebook followers that he has completed alcoholic rehab, and would return to ministry–eventually. Noble, the man who is credited with single-handedly building the seeker-friendly Southern Baptist megachurch, Newspring, in Anderson, SC, was fired from his church. Noble is well known for his faulty biblical exposition, unsound theology, and an anger streak … Read more
