Chapter 1: What is Pastor Greg Locke's journey to becoming a voice for change?
I don't think people realize the context that the world will really give you. It'll change your mind and change your thinking when you really get out of your bubble and see people in different cultures. People just aren't that hungry, you know, for the things of God, for church, for the things of the Bible. So to see that, it's exhilarating.
So I've been preaching since I was 16, and so I just started preaching immediately. And I don't know, it was just in me. I'd go to jails, rescue missions, nursing homes. I'd go out on the street with a broke karaoke machine, you know. Why? Just as a teenager, it was just in me. And I just found out, man, I'm gifted to communicate to people and I just enjoy it. And it's just, I love it.
Chapter 2: How does Pastor Locke define deliverance ministry?
It's what I live literally to communicate and preach.
Okay, guys, all the way from Nashville, we got Pastor Greg Locke here today. What's going on, my man? Oh, man, thanks for having me. I'm excited to be here. Absolutely. You're not in Vegas too often, right? Not a whole lot. Maybe a couple times a year for a conference or something. Yeah, it doesn't mix with what you do, right?
Not a whole lot.
Sin City? Sin City. Yeah. But I'm glad to be here. Thanks for coming, man. I know you're all in on content, right? Getting the message out these days.
Absolutely. We're trying to use every platform we can.
What's the main goal for you this year?
You know, we've really gone to the nations this year. I've really been traveling a lot, letting a lot of our pastors and other people, both men and women, my wife, kind of fill in. And I've just traveled all over, man. I've been all over the Middle East, all over Africa, all over Asia, Europe. And we've just been going, going, going, just trying to get the message out.
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Chapter 3: What is the significance of forgiveness in breaking generational curses?
That's one of the biggest things I tell young people is to travel, actually.
Yes, absolutely. I don't think people realize the context that the world will really give you.
Chapter 4: How does depression relate to supernatural influences?
It'll change your mind and change your thinking when you really get out of your bubble and see people in different cultures. For sure. Which trips stand out to you that really change some perspectives? You know, we were just in Tanzania. Tanzania a while back. And I mean, it was so powerful. I mean, there's tens of thousands of people that come to the Crusades every night.
And I don't know if people see that on television, but when you sense it and you smell it and you see it and the people are there, they're walking miles, sometimes an entire day just to get to a Crusade. And they're just hungry.
Chapter 5: What happens during mass deliverances?
And it's just beautiful to see that because in America, sometimes we lose that reality. People just aren't that hungry anymore. you know, for the things of God, for church, for the things of the Bible. So to see that, it's exhilarating.
Chapter 6: How does witchcraft manifest in contemporary culture?
That is really impressive. So other countries seem to be gravitating towards it.
They really do. And a lot of the other ones I'm doing, I'm doing like pastor training in Bulgaria and Germany and various places like that. We're getting ready to go to Slovakia, St. Petersburg, Russia. And I go to Israel like almost once a month, you know, doing work there in churches and with the Orthodox. It just gives you a really well-rounded context of life to meet so many different people.
That is impressive.
What should I expect as someone that's never been to Israel that is going for the first time?
You know, I think they're going to be shocked that it really is much more peaceful than the media kind of gives them credit for. I mean, there's just not a lot going on. You'd have to really go north. You'd have to go, you know, to Gaza and all of that and all the controversy. But as far as, you know, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, it's just very peaceful. And they're night people.
So the restaurants are staying open until like midnight. Little kids are running around the streets. There's no crime.
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Chapter 7: What are the differences between acceptance and approval in faith?
And then, you know, people aren't waking up until 10 o'clock in the morning. So you can't really get breakfast anywhere because they're night owls, not early morning people. Wow, I didn't know that.
Yeah, absolutely. That's good to know. It's super cool. So no breakfast out there. Not very much.
There's a few places you can get it. You know, the coffee shops will open, but nothing for sit down. Holy crap.
And did you feel like you could be yourself out there? Oh, yeah, absolutely. Free speech and everything?
Yeah, absolutely. Very free speech. And they're very Christian-friendly. And I'm going, like I said, I'm working with churches in the evangelical realm. But then I'm working with people that they know who I am. They know I'm a Jesus guy. But I understand where they are as far as their Judaism is concerned. And we get along just really well. Wow.
That's really good to know, honestly, because it's easy to believe a narrative, right?
Yes, it is. And when you go there, whether it's the Israeli side or the Islamic side, you know what everybody wants to be? Just left alone. Everybody just wants peace over there. They really do. And so it's not as hostile as the media has played it out to be.
How did you get to this international level? Was it pretty immediate?
Yeah, you know, I used to travel a lot as an evangelist, and then I started the church 19 years ago, and I figured, hey, if the name of our church is Global Vision Bible Church, I might as well kind of get out. And so for years, I was kind of afraid to travel because I was growing the church, and we were really growing rapidly, especially during the COVID era.
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Chapter 8: How does Pastor Locke view the role of free speech in spiritual discussions?
So I've been preaching since I was 16. Holy crap.
That's high school.
Yeah, high school. I was arrested five times on probation, like six times. I lived in a children's home for four years, a boy's orphanage in Murfreesboro. But still going strong to this day. And that's where I came to faith in Christ. And so I just started preaching immediately. And I don't know, it was just in me. I'd go to jails, rescue missions, nursing homes.
I'd go out on the street with a broke karaoke machine. Wow. Just as a teenager, it was just in me. And I just found out, man, I'm gifted to communicate to people, whether it's one-on-one or whether it's 10,000, it doesn't matter. And I just enjoy it. And I just took off. And so sometimes people say, well, I feel like this is what the Lord wants me to do, but I'm just waiting.
And I tell guys, look, if you have communication in you, even like in your business, it's going to come out. You're going to do it. You're going to talk. You're going to preach. You're going to speak. You're going to motivate. And it's just, I love it. I live literally to communicate and preach. That's beautiful, man.
Humble beginnings. You found it early, 16. Yeah, 16 years old.
Wow, that is super early. And then stayed at the children's home again until almost 20 when I went off to seminary. And then, which I don't... much recommend anymore for a lot of people. Sometimes you have to come out of seminary and unlearn some stuff, right? I think the ministry and life and the church world will teach you all you need to know.
If you have a well-versed understanding of the Bible, that's really the greatest context you're ever going to have. And so I just started super early. They told me when I was in college, well, it's going to take years for people to figure out who you are. But as soon as I graduated, man, I hit the road and I was just preaching all over the world.
And then I just felt like I wanted to go back home to Nashville start a church. Kind of the theme of our church is where broken people find new meaning to life. And so we have a lot of addicts, ex-addicts, divorcees, people that have been in prison. Well, we might have an usher passing an offering bucket with an ankle bracelet on, right?
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