Jaddeus Dempsey, a pastor at a church in Ohio invited kids to physically abuse him in order to teach them a lesson about Easter and Jesus.
Dempsey told students that anyone who wanted to spit in his face, slap him or cut him with a steak knife that he had provided could do so without repercussions. Students took him up on the offer, with many of the youths recording their actions on their cellphones. The students were “excited” to spit on Dempsey and one cut him on the neck.
Video of the kids spitting on him, slapping him, and (yes) cutting his back with a steak knife soon made its way to social media.
The church is trying to defend this horrific gospel lesson.
The church said Dempsey wanted to explain to them about this guy named Jesus, who thousands of years ago, he was put on trial for a crime he didn’t commit. And he was beaten. He was broken. He was whipped. He was crucified, and he died as an innocent man… He chose to allow it to happen…Dempsey’s illustration was meant to share that message of love.
We aren’t going to show the video here, but if you really want to see this, we have the link...
But we warn you, it’s disturbing.
