Liberty University reportedly banned a well-known Christian figure from its campus after he criticized Liberty University Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr.’s support of President Trump and the Alt-right.
Oklahoma pastor and Christian author Jonathan Martin tweeted last Friday that he was planning on organizing a time of “Praise & peaceful protest” at Liberty.
I feel led to organize a time of praise & peaceful protest at one of the most hostile environments for the gospel in the US: @LibertyU.
— Jonathan Martin (@theboyonthebike) October 27, 2017
“Let’s be clear: Steve Bannon is a brazen white supremacist & the high priest of a false religion. He blasphemes the Holy Spirit,” Martin added.
Martin, who has over 27,000 Twitter followers, was reportedly at Liberty University on Monday evening attending a JOHNNYSWIM concert. He claims he was removed from the concert by Liberty University Police Department officers and told he would be arrested if he set foot on Liberty’s campus again.
In a Facebook post following the incident, Martin wrote, “This was evidently in response to my strong criticism of Jerry Falwell Jr.’s alignment not only with the darkest contours of Trumpism, but expressly with Steve Bannon & the alt-right he represents. I came to the show tonight as a guest of JOHNNYSWIM. I committed no crime (except perhaps to…
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