Pastor Boots Cross-Dressing Man From the Sanctuary

(Antonio Rocquemore/Facebook)

A pastor in Chicago is taking heat after he called out a man dressed in "drag" from the pulpit before asking him to leave the sanctuary.

In a video of the altercation, Antonio Rocquemore, pastor of Powerhouse International Ministries, is shown openly rebuking an unidentified congregant for dressing "like a woman." The clip was first shared on Facebook by Christian James Lhuillier, who defended the attendee.

Rocquemore proceeded to lecture the congregant, telling him to "leave my church and go put on man clothes." The pastor told the man to stay away from the church as long as he planned to dress the way he was dressed.

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