Leftist pastor calls Minnesota church invasion divine judgment on 'MAGA evangelicals' amid DOJ probe

Louisiana minister Rodney Kennedy claims church promotes 'themes of resentment,' 'racism' as DOJ investigates potential FACE Act violations

---

While federal officials weigh possible civil rights violations over the invasion of a Minnesota church service on Sunday, leftist Christian leaders are cheering the anti-ICE protesters, casting the disruption of worship as a justified act of judgment.
A mob of anti-ICE agitators stormed Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, as the service began, with protesters claiming a pastor inside was affiliated with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Video showed agitators chanting "Justice for Renee Good" inside the chapel, as anti-ICE demonstrations flooded the Twin Cities.

Church officials wrote in a statement Tuesday "agitators jarringly disrupted" their worship gathering, accosting members of the congregation, frightening children and "creat[ing] a scene marked by intimidation and threat."

"Such conduct is shameful, unlawful, and will not be tolerated," the church wrote. "Invading a church service to disrupt the worship of Jesus—or any other act of worship—is protected by neither the Christian Scriptures nor the laws of this nation. … Church buildings are meant to be places of peace and solace, where worshipers can hear and live out this message. We therefore call on local, state, and national leaders to protect this fundamental right. We are evaluating next steps with our legal counsel."
Kevin Ezell, president of the North American Mission Board (NAMB) of the Southern Baptist Convention, said it was "absurd" that protesters would disrupt a Sunday morning worship service.
"As protesters trespassed inside the church, yelling in the worship service, ex-CNN reporter Don Lemon stuck a mic in [the church's lead pastor, Jonathan Parnell]'s face asking don’t they have a constitutional right to public protest," Ezell wrote in an X post. "No, they don’t have a right to enter private property & disrupt worship."