Pastor Greg Locke Biography: Church, Wife, Net Worth, Age, Sermons, Facebook, Schedule, Global Vision, Wikipedia, Mask
Andrew Thornton
Biography
Greg Locke (born April 6, 1976) is a renowned minister of God and pastor. He, the founder of Global Vision Bible Church in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, and an American Baptist preacher, made headlines recently for his support of Donald Trump and his dissemination of COVID-19 falsehoods.
While it’s easy to dismiss him as just another fringe preacher with an ignorant mind, he deserves far more attention from both religious leaders and Americans as a whole.
Greg Locke‘s life’s work represents all that is wrong with American evangelicalism today, and he deserves some serious attention.
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| Full Name: | Greg Locke |
| Stage Name: | Pastor Greg Locke |
| Born: | 6 April 1976 (age 47 years old) |
| Place of Birth: | Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
| Nationality: | American |
| Height: | 1.78 m |
| Parents: | N/A |
| Siblings: | N/A |
| Wife • Spouse: | Melissa Biggers (m. 1995-2018), Taisha Cowan McGee (m. 2018) |
| Girlfriend • Partner: | N/A |
| Children: | 4 |
| Occupation: | Pastor |
| Net Worth: | $14.5 million |
Early Life & Education
On April 6th, 1976, Greg Locke was born in Nashville, Tennessee’s Donelson Hospital. His father was imprisoned during his childhood, and his mother remarried when he was five years old; He had a tumultuous relationship with his stepfather.
Greg Locke was taken to a children’s home at the age of 15 after several arrests, where he converted to Christianity. He began preaching in his teens and attended Mount Juliet High School, graduating in 1997.
Greg Locke then attended Union University in Jackson, Tennessee, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biblical Studies in 2001. In 2005 he received his Master of Divinity from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.
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In 2006, Greg Locke became pastor of Global Vision Bible Church (GVBC), which had about 30 members when he took over as pastor; by 2018, it had grown to hundreds of thousands of members.
Personal Life
Greg Locke met his first wife, Melissa Biggers, while he was a ward of the state at Good Shepherd Children’s Home; Melissa Biggers was a member of the facility’s staff. They got married in 1995.
They are the parents of four children, two of whom have been adopted. In a video shared on Facebook in January 2018, Greg Locke announced that they had divorced, and the divorce was formalized in May.
According to reports, Greg Locke married Taisha Cowan McGee, his administrative assistant and ex-best wife’s friend, in August 2018.
Career
In 2006, Greg Locke established Global Vision Baptist Church. The church formally broke away from the New Independent Fundamentalist Baptist movement in 2011 and renamed itself Global Vision Bible Church. The church has a non-denominational affiliation and is largely African-American in membership, with many converts from Islam.
The church is located in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, near Nashville. Greg Locke preaches on television and radio and tours internationally for GVBC, preaching at churches throughout North America and Africa. He was named Outstanding Young Alumnus of Union University in 2008 and received Union’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2015 for his ministry work at GVBC.
Greg Locke originally gained national prominence in 2016 after posting a Facebook video criticizing Target’s bathroom policy changes. His social media following is in the millions as of April 2022. He was permanently removed from Twitter in September 2021.
Despite outbreaks of COVID-19, Greg Locke kept his church open and maintained that it was a “false pandemic.” Those who came to his church wearing masks would be asked to leave, and he encouraged his flock to be vaccinated.
During the attack on the Capitol on January 6, Greg Locke was present. He pushed his congregation to visit Washington, D.C., and was reportedly slated to speak at the Ellipse before Donald Trump; however, he did preach at Freedom Plaza on January 5 and near the Capitol steps during the violence. After the incident, Locke criticized the violence but claimed that it was started by Antifa.
Net Worth
According to sources, Greg Locke currently has an estimated net worth of $14.5 million.
Social Media
- Instagram handle: @Pastorlocke
- Twitter handle: @Globalvisionbc
