A controversial Baptist pastor in Texas says he'll proceed utilizing homophobic slurs, insisting he refuses to "negotiate with terrorists."

Stedfast Baptist Church Pastor Jonathan Shelley made the announcement throughout a sermon, which is in a video posted to Twitter Wednesday by blogger and activist Hemant Mehta. Shelley's feedback are the most recent in a string of inflammatory sermons given by pastors at Stedfast, which has beforehand been labeled a hate group.

The video seems to come back from a sermon given Sunday titled "Do not Negotiate With Terrorists."

"I imply, at what level is America gonna say, 'You recognize what, perhaps it's silly negotiating with these terrorists; perhaps this makes completely no sense,'" Shelley says within the video. "And I will begin with the phrase f*g. And I will keep there."

Shelley stated that folks "get mad at me" over using the "f-word" and ask him if he'll cease utilizing it.

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A pastor at a Texas church has once more drawn consideration for disparaging the LGBTQ neighborhood in a sermon. Sean824/Getty Photos

"Oh, yeah, I am undoubtedly utilizing that," he stated to laughter. "As a result of I do not negotiate with terrorists. And what man has an issue with me utilizing the phrase f*g? You should be a f*g then. There's solely two sorts of individuals, those who hate f*gs and those who hate the phrase f*g. I do know which one I'm."

In the course of the sermon, Shelley stated he wouldn't relent to strain to "cease preaching these hateful messages."

Shelley instructed Newsweek that he was not conscious the clip had been posted to Twitter and has not acquired any consideration from it.

Labeled an anti-LGBTQ hate group by the Southern Poverty Regulation Heart, the church got here to notoriety in 2016 when then-Pastor Donnie Romero praised the gunman who killed 49 folks at a homosexual nightclub in Orlando, Florida, calling the victims "perverts and pedophiles."

"They're the scum of the earth, and the earth is a greater place now, and I am going to take it a step additional," Romero stated, in remarks that have been broadly condemned.

Romero in 2019 resigned as pastor amid allegations he cheated on his spouse with a prostitute.

After being introduced in because the church's new pastor, Shelley drew scrutiny for saying disobedient or lazy younger adults may very well be handled by stoning them to loss of life, citing Deuteronomy 21.

The church describes itself on its web site as an "unbiased basic King James Solely Baptist church" that additionally has a department in Oklahoma.

Earlier this yr, the church was evicted from its constructing in Hurst, Texas, for Shelley's sermons attacking the LGBTQ neighborhood, experiences ChurchLeaders.com. Shelley has used sermons to have fun the loss of life of an individual killed when a truck crashed right into a "Satisfaction" parade in Florida.

Shelley responded to the eviction with a video posted on YouTube, saying the church's First Modification rights had been violated.

"Right now, you are not allowed to evangelise what the Bible says with out receiving loads of harassment, loads of persecution," he stated within the video. He added that the church is a "Bible-believing church."

Regardless of the eviction, Shelley stated Stedfast is flourishing, with lots of coming to the church.

Newsweek has reached out to Mehta for remark.