Jack Hibbs, John MacArthur Comment on ‘Jesus Is Lord’ Incident at Harris Rally; Evangelicals for Harris Critiques ‘False Narrative’

At one point in the sermon, Hibbs rhetorically asked why the Democratic platform is opposed to the Constitution and to God. He then mentioned the “Jesus is Lord” incident at Harris’ rally. “Kamala Harris—did you see what she said the other day?” Hibbs asked as people in the congregation responded that they had.

“She was speaking at a rally, and somebody shouted in the rally…‘Jesus is Lord!’” said Hibbs, adding that Harris then told the person who shouted that, “You’re in the wrong rally.” The congregation reacted to those words with dismay.

“‘You need to go down the street where there’s fewer people,’ she said,” said the pastor. “Kamala Harris said, ‘If you want Jesus Christ as Lord, you need to go to the other party.’ Wow!” 

ChurchLeaders has reached out to Hibbs for comment and for clarification on whether, when he said, “Evangelicals for Harris,” he was addressing the group, Evangelicals for Harris.

At an evening service on Sunday, Oct. 20, John MacArthur, pastor of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, appeared to echo Hibbs’ view of what happened at Harris’ rally. “In a meeting, somebody cried out, ‘Jesus is Lord,’” MacArthur said. “Did you see that? Somebody said, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and she immediately said, ‘You’re in the wrong place.’ What else do you need to know?” ChurchLeaders has reached out to MacArthur for comment.

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At a different rally in Wisconsin a few days after Harris’ rally in La Crosse, vice presidential hopeful J.D. Vance told the crowd, “There is something really bizarre with Kamala Harris’ anti-Christian rhetoric and anti-Christian approach to public policy.” When someone in the crowd called out, “Jesus is king,” Vance paused to say, “That’s right, Jesus is king.”

In an X post on Tuesday, Oct. 22, former President Donald Trump posted about the La Crosse incident and said, “While Kamala said that people who believe in Jesus don’t belong to her rallies, in our Movement—We love Christians, we welcome believers, and we embrace followers of Jesus.” 

The group Evangelicals for Harris commented on the rally incident on X Tuesday in a repost of a video clip showing Pastor John MacArthur’s comments on the event. The group referenced “this false narrative” and continued, “You can’t hear what is shouted in the videos from the front (where Kamala was), which is why they all require cc or audio from videos taken from the back of the rally.”