An Oxford minister who appears to have fallen victim to identity theft is disavowing himself as the author of a letter mocking Christianity and slandering Jews.
Jacky Morgan, pastor of Coldwater Baptist Church in Oxford, said handwritten letters were mailed to at least two businesses in Lincoln, where he once served as pastor of Dry Valley Baptist Church.
Among the claims in the often rambling letter are “the Antichrist (Real Jewish Messiah) has now come” and “God will get rid of all seed of lies (Christianity).”
The handwritten letters were included in envelopes with Morgan’s name in the return address, along with the street address for Dry Valley. The envelopes also contained a typed letter titled “World Wide News Letter.”
The second document claims the Jewish messiah has already come to earth. Additionally, the document claims there is no doomsday or burning hell, dismissing them as “teachings of Christianity, not of Judaism.”
The newsletter also mocked Christ’s death. “The cross was used for capital punishment,” it reads, “an electric chair of its time, used solely to put Jew to death.”
Morgan said the letters prompted “quite a bit of concern” after they were received at a physician’s office and beauty shop I Lincoln. The pastor said he became aware of the letter after a deacon at Dry Valley forwarded the information to him.
“Those are the only two I’m aware of,” Morgan said.
While those who know him or the church are aware he has lived in Oxford since assuming the pastorate there, the pastor said he is concerned about people who are not familiar with him or Dr. Valley.
Motivation unclear
Morgan added he has no idea who may have sent the letters, “That’s the confusing part about it,” he said.
Addressing claims made, Morgan said in a letter to The Alabama Baptist and other newspapers that the information in the newsletter and handwritten letter are opposite to his Christian beliefs and feelings toward the Jewish religion.
“I still believe the Bible is the Word of God, and Jesus is the Son of God, who is the Messiah,” Morgan said. “The cross was not a hoax, or an embarrassment, but rather God’ means for affecting our redemption.”
“I regret that someone would go to such lengths to propagate such a twisted message of slander and bias toward Christians and Jews, but most of all that whoever has done this is unwilling to sign their own name to what they believe and be identified along with t heir erroneous teachings, he said.”
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