Locke said that the alleged other woman is his ex-wife's best friend and their families have been close for a long time. We have also seen photos of the two together,' the report said. They have begun doing things together with their mutual families. Pulpit & Pen has seen text messages between Greg and others, acknowledging that he was indeed in a relationship with the woman, Tai. 'Tai was given a ministry position at the church shortly before this unfolded. Pulpit & Pen alleged in their report that Locke was in a relationship with a woman identified as 'Tai.' I'm not an adulterer,' he said with tears streaming down his face. But our church doesn't want me to resign and step down. We have been working on some real mental and emotional heartbreak for a very, very long time and that's a difficult reality. 'It's not the beginning and the cause of it.

There is no reconciliation, he says, because divorce is the 'finality of what you've been working on.' He further noted that while some people have been asking about him reconciling with Melissa that it is not his plan for the future. But I did not divorce my wife and now people are saying months later that I'm an adulterer and that I've got a romantic relationship,' he said. The details of my marriage and the failure thereof are not for Facebook public consumption. And if that doesn't say something for my character then I don't know what does.

And at the time of this video, my wife left 73 days ago. 'This has been the longest six months of my life. So you believe anything that you want to believe but God's going to vindicate me in this situation,' he said. 'In 25 years of preaching, I've never had one moral misgiving. The popular preacher insisted that he has lived a 'clean' life and said it was Melissa who left him. Locke and Melissa have four children, including two who were adopted. The admission from Locke, who shot to internet fame after he posted a video on Facebook on April 22, 2016, criticizing Target for its new policies on gender-neutral bathrooms, comes after a Pulpit & Pen report claimed he 'literally put his wife, Melissa, on a bus and sent her away.' The report also alleged that he was engaged in a relationship with a female member of staff at his church. 'Both the papers from the beginning and the papers that I have on my desk that say the case is closed. I am a divorced pastor at this point in my life, but I did not divorce my wife and I did not send my wife away and the papers will verify that,' Locke said in an at times tearful video message to his supporters on Facebook. 'Let me just say from the get go that the past year, especially the past six months, has been a very difficult and a very broken time in my life and in our family. Greg Locke, the popular and outspoken internet preacher and lead pastor of Global Vision Bible Church in Tennessee, admitted Thursday that he is now divorced but said his marriage was not destroyed by adultery and implied that he wasn't the one that initiated the divorce. In 2020, he promoted anti-mask falsehoods that landed him in hot water with liberals and intellectuals, while the Republican party hailed him as their torchbearer and ideal American model.Greg Locke (L), lead pastor of Global Vision Bible Church in Tennessee and his ex-wife, Melissa. He’s also been accused of leading a cult and embezzling funds that have helped him accumulate such a large fortune. The pastor has previously been arrested several times.

His Global Vision Bible Church in Tennessee was chastised in the media for being homophobic and promoting misleading information. In 2020, his church was vandalized, with damages estimated at $5,000. She was offended by his remarks, but she has not stated explicitly that she wants nothing to do with the marriage. When Greg revealed in an interview that his first wife was mentally sick, Melissa vented her wrath on social media. Greg married Taisha Locke in August 2020, and they are still together.

When Melissa conspired with some church members and accused Greg of switching his first wife with his Church Assistant, Taisha, their marriage became strained (Tai Cowan McGee). Two of their children are adopted, while the other two are biological. They are a lovely family with a daughter and three sons. Melissa and the pastor have been married for over two decades. Greg was in a relationship with Melissa, and the two later married. He also holds a graduate of Ambassador Baptist College’s Graduate of Theology degree.

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