Donny Reagan
Donny Reagan is the pastor of the Happy Valley Church of Jesus Christ located at 2733 Elizabethton Highway in Johnson City, Tennessee. It is also one of the largest message churches in North America. Donny Reagan is known for his "screaming" style of preaching which brings to mind a story told of Winston Churchill. As the story goes, there was a section in the manuscript of one of his speeches which was underlined in red and in the margin he had written “Weak point. Speak louder.”
And while Donny Reagan screams about sin, it is interesting that he has failed to speak out about sin within the ranks of the message. He was scheduled to speak at a camp meeting in August 2013, sponsored by Cloverdale Bibleway, when he found out that the pastor had been accused of covering up the sexual abuse of a minor. Rather than deal with the issue, he cancelled his trip and has remained silent on the issue. While incessantly screaming of the terrible sins of the Roman Catholic church, he refuses to speak up about the sins within the ministers of the message.
Donny Reagan on Racial Purity
It must be understood that William Branham's followers believe that his word superseded the Bible. So when William Branham stated that mixed marriages are improper, his followers believe that the couple in a biracial marriage are clearly disobeying God.
Donny Reagan achieved notoriety for a rant in a sermon he spoke on April 24, 2013 that was focused on anti-racial marriages. Some of the video clips from his sermon that had been posted on Youtube were pulled after Pastor Reagan threatened legal action for copyright violation; however, this short clip remains:
Reagan addresses this in his sermon when he says that if Moses was here now, he would have to obey William Branham. This comment clearly shows that Donny Reagan does not believe the Bible but does hold William Branham as being above the Bible.
Reagan also states at one point that:
- There is a move in the message, of blacks marrying whites, whites marrying blacks. And folks think that is alright, but you know, my God still has nationalities outside the city.
With this statement Donny Reagan is insinuating that mixed-race children are destined to hell. This is because followers of William Branham's message believe that they are the Bride of Christ and will dwell in New Jerusalem while those Christians that are not in the elite group (anyone who does not follow William Branham) will be part of the nations outside the city.
The only other option is hell.
Quotes of Donny Reagan=
January 12, 2020
We want our lives to be in harmony with the orchestra of God; with the sheet music of this day. So don’t think you’re gonna try to take me back to the four gospels. You see, this, folks, what they’re doing right now, it’s the same thing they’ve done for centuries, but it’s more emphasized. They’re wanting to go back to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, which projects this person of the Lord Jesus.
But when it comes to Acts and the Pauline gospels, when it comes to the strict living and the, you know, doctrine and the declaration of the sacrifices and the deity of God all that and “oh no, no, no, no, I want the Jesus of Matthew”.
The Jesus of Matthew is wonderful, but it’s not the fullness of God. The Jesus of Mark is wonderful. The Jesus of Luke, and the Jesus of John, oh I love the Jesus of John, I love the Jesus of John. But myself, I also need the Jesus of Acts. I need the Jesus of Romans, and Philippians, and Galatians and Colossians and Philemon and Timothy and so on. And you see this is what folks that are leaving the Message “Oh well, I just want Jesus”. As our brother said, "Which one?"
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