‘It Was a Lot’—Johnny Knoxville Opens Up About His Southern Baptist Childhood

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Johnny Knoxville being interviewed by Rolling Stone Magazine. Screengrab via YouTube / Rolling Stone

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Celebrity Evangelist Dylan Novak Recently Gave Johnny Knoxville a Bible

Earlier this year, celebrity evangelist Dylan Novak shared that he presented Knoxville with a personalized copy of the Bible.

“In 2004, while being interviewed by Advocate, Johnny was asked about his spiritual upbringing and said, ‘I was raised Southern Baptist. So, kind of like Catholic. Very strict. My family’s Southern Baptist and…Yeah, I’ll probably quit there. My mother’s very religious,’” Novak posted on social media.

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Novak said Knoxville was later asked “when he started rebelling against his upbringing, and he responded, ‘I don’t know. I used to get in fights in children’s church. Not like verbal—like, physical fights. I guess it didn’t work out so well.’”

“Johnny was very kind and appreciative of the Bible and other material,” the celebrity evangelist said. “Please be praying for him.”

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Jesse T. Jackson
Jesse is the Senior Content Editor for ChurchLeaders and Site Manager for ChristianNewsNow. An undeserving husband to a beautiful wife, and a father to 4 beautiful children. He is currently a church elder in training, a growth group leader, and is a member of University Baptist Church in Beavercreek, Ohio. Follow him on twitter here (https://twitter.com/jessetjackson). Accredited member of the Evangelical Press Association.

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