The video has since gone viral, racking up over 20,000 reactions and invoking over 2,400 comments. The pastor, who isn’t identified in the video or by Lecrae, may possibly be an Independent Fundamental Baptist preacher.
“A Christian lady wearing pants…Is it a sin? Ya,” the preacher says in the video clip. “A lot of ignorance today. She is sinning against God’s plan for civilization and she is not a part of the solution; she is a part of the problem. And a lot of Christian ladies are a part of the problem unknowingly.”
Lecrae wrote on his Instagram post: “This sermon was preached in 2021.” ChurchLeaders.com could not confirm when the pastor was speaking. Lecrae said, sarcasm evident: “Ladies, when you can’t find your size pants it may be because missionaries have been sent to the stores to save the world by buying them up.” The Grammy Award winning artist then told readers to go get their pastor because he was off to “get his wife a pantsuit,” mocking the pastor’s exegesis of the passage.
This interpretation regarding women’s attire seems not uncommon in the Independent Fundamental Baptist denomination. There are several similar sermon videos on YouTube and the internet offering a similar take.
Reactions to Lecrae’s Post
Christian hip-hop artist, author, and Bible teacher Jackie Hill Perry responded to Lecrae’s post with: “Oh darn. Now we gotta light our torches and start the britch hunt.”