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David Platt’s Co-Pastor Says It’s Difficult for Him Not to “Torch All White People”

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Jul 19, 2021
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During an interview with Evangelical podcaster, Jennie Allen, Mike Kelsey–co-pastor at McLean Bible Church in Virginia with David Platt–said that it was difficult for him “not to torch all white people.”

This level of racism, whether spoken or indeed, should be intolerable among the Church of Jesus Christ. Instead, people like Kelsey are elevated to posi…

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