Pastor And Former Big Brother Naija Contestant Ignite Firestorm Over LGBTQ+ And Faith

<p>Pastor And Former Big Brother Naija Contestant Ignite Firestorm Over LGBTQ&plus; And Faith<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that a fiery exchange has erupted online between Dr&period; Kevin M&period; Young&comma; American pastor and author&comma; and Pere Egbi&comma; Nigerian‑American actor and former Big Brother Naija contestant&comma; over LGBTQ&plus; issues and biblical interpretation&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Dr&period; Young sparked the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">debate<&sol;a> with a tweet&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Being LGBTBQ&plus; isn&&num;8217&semi;t a sin&comma; nor does the Bible ever say it is&period; You cannot &OpenCurlyQuote;repent’ of your sexual orientation because you did not choose it&comma; nor can you change it&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">God<&sol;a><&sol;strong> loves you the way God themself created you&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Egbi fired back with a strongly contrasting viewpoint&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Being LGBTBQ&plus; is a sin as other sins&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s not a greater sin nor is it a lesser sin&period; God did not create a man for another man nor a woman for another woman&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He didn&&num;8217&semi;t make a man to be with other men&period; And to prove my point&comma; it was for this same reason he destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;33433" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-33433" style&equals;"width&colon; 142px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-33433" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;02&sol;Kelvin-2-142x300&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"Pastor And Former Big Brother Naija Contestant Ignite Firestorm Over LGBTQ&plus; And Faith" width&equals;"142" height&equals;"300" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-33433" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Pastor And Former Big Brother Naija views<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>When you speak out against homosexuality and lesbianism and transgender practices&comma; those who love it tell you &OpenCurlyQuote;well so is fornication’&period; And they&&num;8217&semi;re right&period; Truthfully so&period; But that&&num;8217&semi;s the reason Jesus came to die&comma; and rose from the dead so we don&&num;8217&semi;t have to die&comma; and rose from the dead so we don&&num;8217&semi;t have to keep subjecting ourselves to the elements of these wrong doings&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;33432" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-33432" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-33432" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;02&sol;Kelvin-300x169&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"Pastor And Former Big Brother Naija Contestant Ignite Firestorm Over LGBTQ&plus; And Faith" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"169" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-33432" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Pastor And Former Big Brother Naija Contestant <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The exchange has since gone viral&comma; igniting widespread discussion about sexuality&comma; sin&comma; and scriptural interpretation&comma; and revealing the deep divide within Christian communities over LGBTQ&plus; acceptance&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;