Tim Tebow is scheduled to speak at a megachurch in Dallas whose pastor has spoken out against Muslims, Jews, Mormons and members of the LGBT community.
The First Baptist Church of Dallas is home to anti-LGBT, antisemitic Pastor Robert Jeffress, who once called President Barack Obama a servant of "the Antichrist." Tebow is slated to appear before the church's 11,000 congregants on April 28 at 9:15 a.m. during a Sunday worship service, according to the church's website.
The pastor said in a 2011 interview that Mormonism and Islam are "heretical" religions, born from "the pit of Hell." Also, he famously said, "You can't be saved being a Jew." He also denounced the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," and said that 70 percent of the gay population has AIDS, and referred to it as "a gay disease," according to ThinkProgress.org.
Tebow, 24, is the New York Jets' backup quarterback and has been open about his Christian beliefs.
Last Easter, Tim Tebow spoke in front of nearly 30,000 churchgoers at Celebration Church's Easter service in Georgetown, Texas. And an AZCentral story about the NFL star's recent appearance at the Impact Church in Scottsdale, Ariz., described "an enraptured audience" falling under the spell of the young quarterback's "it factor."
