A pastor who helped plant Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, urged Christians to continue proclaiming the Gospel amid what he discerns as an escalating cultural hostility in the United States, leaving “Christ or chaos” as the only two options.
The Rev. Joe Rigney, who lived in Minnesota for 18 years and now serves as associate pastor at the Douglas Wilson-led Christ Church (CREC) in Moscow, Idaho, said during a Wednesday interview on “The Tucker Carlson Show” that the recent protest at Cities Church is symptomatic of a spiritual sickness in American society that he claims is abetted by some in the government.
A mob of left-wing protesters, accompanied by former CNN host Don Lemon, stormed Cities Church last Sunday during the sermon to protest one of its pastors, who also serves as the acting director of the ICE St. Paul field office.
They called on the pastor, David Easterwood, to resign amid ICE’s crackdown on illegal immigration in Minnesota’s capital region, and shouted slogans in the faces of the churchgoers, forcing the service to end.
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