Rev. Delman L. Coates

"There is a lot of silence": Two Black Preachers Don't See Viral LGBTQ Affirming Sermons As Trend

In the spring of 2018, Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley, pastor of Alfred Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia, preached a sermon entitled, “The Sins of Sodom.”

“When you limit Sodom and Gomorrah to simply a lesson on homosexuality, you have missed three important things,” he states early in the sermon.

"There is a lot of silence": Two Black Preachers Don't See Viral LGBTQ Affirming Sermons As Trend