However, Stedfast Baptist Church recently purchased a building from Cedar Hill’s New Life Apostolic Church, which has moved to a new facility.
John Denmon, pastor of New Life Apostolic Church, told The Dallas Morning News that he did not realize to whom his congregation was selling its building.
“I do not agree with their positions on the Jews, on the trans community…I do not agree with any of that,” Denmon said. “I just found out who bought the church when the protests and the emails and phone calls started coming in.”
Shelley has given no indication that he will shift the content or tone of his preaching. Quite the opposite, in fact.
“The news came, and the protesters came, and the terrorists showed up, and you know what? Guess what? The church was still standing,” Shelley said in a sermon on Sunday. “They say, ‘You know, well, we can knock down your building.’ But the building’s not the church anyways. It’s the people. And the people love God just as much as before.”
“In fact, I would argue that our church and most of the members here love God even more than they did prior to these protests. Christianity, they’re taking it even more serious. They actually love the Bible even more,” Shelley continued. “And, in fact, they hate f*gs even more.”
Protesters have begun to picket outside Stedfast Baptist Church’s new home.
“People don’t understand the danger—that this is not just one little church, it’s a network of churches all over the country,” said Lynette Sharp, who has been protesting the church for over a year.
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Samantha Ledbetter, another protestor, who has lived in Cedar Hill for most of her life, said, “They’re not welcome here, and I’m gonna do everything I can to help them not feel welcome, because they’re very hateful.”
