Jay Bakker to be Honored Guest at Raliegh Gay Pride

St. John’s Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) of Raleigh, a church for all people founded on the “whosoever” principal in 1976, announced yesterday that Jay Bakker; son of PTL’s Jim Bakker and the late Tammy Faye Bakker-Messner, star of Sundance Channel’s “One Punk Under God” and founder of Revolution Church, will be participating in NC Pride activities September 26 -28, in both Durham and Raleigh.

Bakker will be participating in the Pride festival and parade at Duke University’s East Campus in Durham, NC, Saturday, September 27. He will then be the honored guest at an open-to-the-public reception held at The View, part of the Legends Night Club complex located on the corner of Hargett and Harrington streets in Raleigh, NC, Saturday evening from 6-7 p.m. Bakker will finish out the weekend by preaching St. John’s MCC Sunday Services, September 28. The 11 a.m. service will be held in Broughton High School’s Auditorium located at the corner of Peace and St. Mary’s Streets in Raleigh, N.C. The 7 p.m. service will be held in St. John’s MCC’s sanctuary located at 805 Glenwood avenue in Raleigh.

“Having grown up in Charlotte, I was excited to receive the invitation to participate in the Pride activities of my home state,” says Bakker. “Although I have worked in cooperation with MCCs across the country sharing the Gospel of grace, this is the first opportunity I have had to work with the people at St. John’s MCC.”

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