Justin Hoke
Did You know there are Bible-believing Christians and those
calling themselves Christians yet disbelieve the Bible in favor of Secular
Humanist Moral Relativity?
Justin Hoke discovered this sad state of spiritual reality
when the leadership of his Presbyterian congregation fired him as Pastor
for putting Church billboard sign up essentially stipulating transgender
cosmetic surgery doesn’t change one’s chromosomal makeup, a same-sex lifestyle
is still a sin and culture can’t change God’s Word.
God have mercy on that Presbyterian congregation and God
bless Justin Hoke.
JRH 1/16/19
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Pastor Loses Job After Church Sign Stating ‘Homosexuality
Is Still A Sin’ Causes Uproar
By Frank Camp
January 15, 2019
Pastor Justin Hoke of Trinity Bible Presbyterian Church in
Weed, California, has lost his job following both community and alleged
internal backlash over the language used in his most recent church sign.
In early January, Hoke designed a sign that read: “Bruce
Jenner is still a man. Homosexuality is still a sin. The culture may change.
The Bible does not.”
According to SFGate, “a couple dozen”
community members gathered to protest the sign on January 6. The protest, called the “Shastina Love Rally,” was organized in
part by local resident Amelia Mallory.
A second protest was held on Sunday. According to the most
recent count on the official Facebook invite page, 71 people were “going” to
the event, and 182 people were “interested.”
In a pinned post on the official Love
Rally Facebook page, a message from Mallory reads in part:
We are there to support the
LGBTQ+ community in a positive way. Debating with any church members isn’t the
goal. We are not there for them. Some of us on our side of the street still are
also religious. All of us are capable of treating everyone with respect, even
if we disagree. Do not engage anyone trying to escalate the situation to
violence.
On or around
January 9, the sign was vandalized:
I woke this morning to find that
our sign had been vandalized. They broke not only the plexiglas and stole some
of the Letters, they also busted the power box. I have not seen it up close yet
as this picture was sent to me by a member of our congregation. Please pray
that God would provide. [Justin Hoke Facebook Page]
In an article published just several days ago, Yahoo
Lifestyle quoted Pastor Hoke, who said: “We believe that Jesus
commands all Christians to let their light shine. We also believe that
salvation is only for sinners. Jesus said he came to call sinners, not the
righteous. If we give in to cultural demands to stop calling sin ‘sin,’ then we
are robbing people of opportunity to hear the truth.”
Despite there being no outward sign of fracture within the
church, on Saturday evening, Hoke published the following unexpected update on
Facebook:
As of today, I am no longer the
pastor of Trinity Bible Presbyterian Church.
After much prayer and counsel, I
have decided that it is best to briefly communicate what has taken place.
1. I was informed by our other
elder that he felt he could no longer follow my lead as Pastor of TBPC.
2. I was informed that
essentially all but one couple in membership would leave the church if I
continued as pastor of TBPC.
3. Our other elder and the
couple felt that those who left would likely return if I would leave.
4. Our other elder was agreeable
to stay and assume the pastoral responsibilities.
Therefore it was determined that
it would be in the best interest of the local body for us (TBPC and the Hoke
family) to part ways.
Over one hundred people have commented, a majority of whom
are supportive of Hoke:
“I am sorry the church doesn’t
support your stance. God bless you for being faithful to the Word of God, and not
the ungodly secular culture.”
“Brother, I am speechless but
not surprised. You preach the true Gospel of Jesus Christ and that is hard to
handle for most. I am praying for you and the family right now. God bless you
and keep you.”
“We are praying for you brother.
You boldly spoke truth. Galatians 1:10 For am I now seeking the approval of
man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please
man, I would not be a servant of Christ.”
The Daily Wire spoke with Pastor Hoke, who walked us through
the situation from his perspective.
According to Hoke, he was inspired to create the sign after
seeing the news story in which a biological male who identifies as female
“threw a fit because a clerk had accidentally referred to him with the
masculine gender [pronoun].”
Hoke said that because “the culture has drawn a line in the
sand and dared [Christians] to step over,” he came to the conclusion that the
church should accept the challenge — not with hate, but by simply preaching
“the gospel.”
The pastor also noted that he wasn’t “fired,” but that the
church faced a potential fracture in the wake of the fervor surrounding the
sign, and that in order to keep the church intact, he felt it was best to vacate
his position. Hoke repeatedly stated that he wanted to be circumspect in the
way he spoke about the incident because he “loves” the people at Trinity Bible
Presbyterian.
Regarding the protesters, Hoke said: “I believe they’re
sincere — sincerely wrong, but sincere. I believe that it is hypocritical that
their position is taught in schools and pushed on children, while our position
is asked to be kept within the walls of the church.” He added that he hopes and
believes that “within their midst, there are people whose names are written in
the Lamb’s book of life, and that the command for all Christians is to preach
to them the gospel faithfully, calling them to repentance and faith, that they
might be changed by the Holy Spirit and brought into the family of God.”
Hoke concluded our conversation by stating that if he could
stand in the pulpit again for just a few minutes, he would continue to preach
“the gospel as concisely as [he could].”
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