Pastor axed for telling grandmother to attend LGBTQ+ wedding refuses to ‘repent’

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Pastor axed for telling grandmother to attend LGBTQ+ wedding refuses to 'repent'

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/01/31/christian-pastor-dropped-by-radio-network/

Jan 31    Hilary Mitchell

A Christian pastor whose show was dropped by a radio network for advising a grandmother to attend her grandchild's LGBTQ+ wedding has refused to back down or apologise.

Alistair Begg, the senior pastor at Parkside Church near Cleveland, Ohio sparked controversy due to comments he made to a grandmother on his Bible teaching program, "Truth for Life," in September 2023.

He told the woman to attend her grandson's wedding to his transgender fiancé, as long as the grandson was made clear that she was not "affirming" his life choices.

"As long as he knows that, then I suggest that you do go to the ceremony. And I suggest that you buy them a gift," Begg said.

The Christian pastor went on to explain that he believed that attending a same-sex wedding was a matter of personal conviction, and that by attending the wedding, the grandmother would be building a bridge to continue sharing the Gospel with her grandson.

However, his open-minded comments resurfaced on social media recently, causing a backlash that led to his daily radio programme being dropped: The American Family Association announced last week that its radio ministry, American Family Radio, would no longer be broadcasting his content.