Controversial Arizona pastor Steven Anderson is embroiled in a new controversy after recordings surfaced of him saying that it’s ‘evil’ and ‘wicked’ for wives to call the police if they are being physically abused by their husband, saying in a clip:
“I’m not saying your husband should SLAP YOU DOWN, but if your husband slaps you down and you call the cops, YOU’RE EVIL…What an evil broad. What an evil woman.”
Anderson, the firebrand KJV-Onlyist and NIFB leader of the 300-member Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, AZ, has the dubious distinction of being banned from 34 countries, including every English-speaking developed country.
You don’t get to say things like “If I had a button right here on this pulpit, I could just push this button and every fag would just fall over dead. I would push it until it breaks,” without raising a few eyebrows.
Recently, he’s been in the public eye after his four oldest children accused him of verbal and physical abuse, resulting in a wild sermon where he prayed God would “destroy” them.
During his sermon, he also said it was evil for wives to covertly record instances of their husband beating them or engaging in marital rape and passing that recording off to the police in order to get their spouse arrested.
Anderson has responded to some of the complaints on X, writing:
