A Lexington church is being criticized after a video went viral depicting church staff shooting the devil in front of several children during the church’s vacation Bible school program.
The video shows a room full of young children and adults at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church. Soldiers armed with air-soft rifles march down the center aisle while a character representing the devil is laying on the steps to the church’s altar as the children chant “take him out, blow him up.”
The soldiers eventually “open fire” on the devil for several seconds. After seemingly shooting and killing the devil, the soldiers drag the devil outside the room through a side door. Pastor Dewayne Walker then starts counting up and at the eight-second mark, an explosion can be heard followed by loud cheers from the children…