Glasgow-based Destiny Church invited controversial US evangelist Rick Godwin – who calls for guns to be carried in churches and Australian evangelist John Mellor who is a self-proclaimed “miracle healer” to their £50-a-head weekend conference called Surge 18 which was held in a number of churches across Edinburgh.
In a statement to the Times, a Church of Scotland spokeswoman said that it hired St Cuthbert’s to Destiny in good faith, adding: “Since the event we have heard reports which have concerned us. Therefore we will not allow this group to use our buildings again.”
The Scottish Episcopal Church has also condemned the group for “abusing its hospitality” by holding a rally at St John’s.
It’s reported Texas-based Godwin told those gathered for the conference that members of his congregation would happily shoot intruders “in Jesus’s name”.
However, a spokesman for Destiny Church said: “Rick Godwin did not say the things claimed.”
Welsh evangelist Andrew Owen founded Destiny Church in Glasgow in 1990. The church now meets in various locations across Scotland.
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