Pastor at Jerusalem embassy event said Jews, Mormons, Muslims going to hell
The pastor has also come out against the Catholic Church, saying it is following Satan’s path, and said former president US Barack Obama was “paving the way” for the antichrist.
Pastor Robert Jeffress speaks before U.S. President Donald Trump at the Celebrate Freedom Rally in Washington, U.S. July 1, 2017.(photo credit: YURI GRIPAS/REUTERS)ByLAHAV HARKOVUpdated: Pastor Robert Jeffress, who delivered a blessing at the opening of the US Embassy in Jerusalem, is a bigot, former US presidential candidate Mitt Romney wrote on Twitter on Monday.
Robert Jeffress says “you can’t be saved by being a Jew,“ and “Mormonism is a heresy from the pit of hell.” He’s said the same about Islam. Such a religious bigot should not be giving the prayer that opens the United States Embassy in Jerusalem.— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) May 14, 2018
“Robert Jeffress says ‘you can’t be saved by being a Jew,’ and ‘Mormonism is a heresy from the pit of hell.’ He’s said the same about Islam,” wrote Romney, who is running for a Senate seat representing Utah. “Such a religious bigot should not be giving the prayer that opens the United States Embassy in Jerusalem.”The Anti-Defamation League also criticized Jeffress on Twitter, writing: “Today is a day of celebration as the US Embassy opens in Jerusalem.The choice of Pastor Robert Jeffress to offer a prayer sends exactly the wrong message.Jeffress has a history of bigoted comments about LGBTQ people, Jews, Muslims, Christians and other religions.”Jeffress is a pastor at a Dallas Southern Baptist megachurch, a staunch supporter of US President Donald Trump and a member of his evangelical advisory panel.
Historic Christianity has taught for 2,000 years that salvation is through faith in Christ alone. The fact that I, along with tens of millions of evangelical Christians around the world, continue to espouse that belief, is neither bigoted nor newsworthy.— Dr. Robert Jeffress (@robertjeffress) May 14, 2018