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Pentecostal Church Doesn't Notice Riot Is Occurring
Babylon Bee ^ | 01/19/2026 | Babylon Bee

Posted on 01/19/2026 2:31:45 PM PST by DFG

ST. PAUL, MN — According to sources, membership at a local pentecostal church failed to notice when protestors stormed the building and began screaming at everyone because it wasn't at all dissimilar from a typical pentecostal service.

Church membership at Golgotha Holy Fire Victory Pentecostal was reportedly overjoyed at the influx of visitors who joined them to speak in strange tongues, shove each other, and roll all over the floor. Church leadership called it the most successful service they'd ever had.

"Those people had the Spirit on them, no doubt," said longtime member Steve Winthrop. "What a blessing!"

Disgraced former CNN host Don Lemon reported that anti-ICE protestors were dismayed to discover they could not intimidate churchgoers, no matter how much of a commotion they made.

"ICE are Nazis! Justice for — why are you all on the floor?" a rioter identified as Cranston Crail said, becoming distracted by the Pentecostal worship.

"Abalambambmbmacmcmbama!" a member answered.

At publishing time, another group of rioters who intruded upon a Baptist church in Texas had been rushed to the hospital with multiple gunshot injuries.


TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: babylonbee; satire

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1 posted on 01/19/2026 2:31:45 PM PST by DFG
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To: DFG

They don’t call ‘em Holy Rollers for nothing!


2 posted on 01/19/2026 2:35:20 PM PST by lee martell
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To: DFG

This has got to be the funniest Babylon Bee article I’ve ever read.


3 posted on 01/19/2026 2:38:20 PM PST by TexasKamaAina
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I would love to see a bunch of Pentecostals swarm a Unitarian “church” service and start speaking in tongues, handling snakes, and generally carrying on like they do. That would be a hoot.


4 posted on 01/19/2026 2:43:00 PM PST by beef (The pendulum will not swing back. It will snap back. Hard.)
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speaking in tongues, handling snakes, and generally carrying on like they do.


Been part of Pentecostal churches since 1973. They do not handle snakes. Snake handling “churches” handle snakes. As to speaking in tongues and “carrying on”, I completely prefer that to simply playing church for an hour on Sunday. YMMV


5 posted on 01/19/2026 2:49:33 PM PST by Prov1322 (Enjoy my wife's incredible artwork at www.watercolorARTwork.com! (This space no longer for rent))
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To: DFG

That was a good one by the Bee.


6 posted on 01/19/2026 2:50:18 PM PST by DouglasKC
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To: DFG

One member shouted “Ohmalawdsheshotupmyhonda”.


7 posted on 01/19/2026 2:53:52 PM PST by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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To: Prov1322

The preacher who led my MIL funeral was a snake handling preacher. He didn’t actually handle them but he led the services. Good preacher tho.


8 posted on 01/19/2026 2:56:56 PM PST by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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To: Prov1322

We are Charismatic based in the Messianic movement. Everything in decency and Order, , but don’t neglect the gifts. Especally younger in Prayer Warfare, which I need to do more of.


9 posted on 01/19/2026 3:11:55 PM PST by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA AND HE WILLL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: TexasKamaAina
This has got to be the funniest Babylon Bee article I’ve ever read.

My wife attended Pentecostal services as a young teen. She laughed boisterously at this one. Good job, Bee!

10 posted on 01/19/2026 3:17:34 PM PST by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: DFG

I laughed at the last paragraph... belly laughed.


11 posted on 01/19/2026 3:34:58 PM PST by DocRock
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To: Prov1322

>> As to speaking in tongues and “carrying on”, I completely prefer that to simply playing church for an hour on Sunday.

10-4 on that. Nevertheless I LOL’d at the Bee article!


12 posted on 01/19/2026 3:35:20 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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"Those people had the Spirit on them, no doubt," said longtime member Steve Winthrop. "What a blessing!"

Well..... a spirit.

I doubt it was The Spirit. Came from a little further down I wager.

13 posted on 01/19/2026 3:40:12 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (The tree accused of killed Sonny Bono was planted.)
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To: DFG

Great article.

The last paragraph cracked me up. I posted earlier that our Baptist Church is is filled with men wearing holsters and women with heavy purses.


14 posted on 01/19/2026 3:45:01 PM PST by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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To: TexasKamaAina

This one rates right up there, too.

Pentecostal Man Hits Fitbit Steps Goal Twenty Minutes Into Church Service
https://babylonbee.com/news/pentecostal-man-hits-fitbit-steps-goal-twenty-minutes-church-service/


15 posted on 01/19/2026 3:48:27 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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To: Nervous Tick

Without question! The Bee is awesome. I enjoy that they skewer everyone/anyone.

We’ve got 52+ years of stories/experiences of GOD’s dunamis and human stupidus.


16 posted on 01/19/2026 4:45:40 PM PST by Prov1322 (Enjoy my wife's incredible artwork at www.watercolorARTwork.com! (This space no longer for rent))
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To: Prov1322

I attended an Assembly of God church for years. Some of the most fun I’ve had in my life were the days I filled in for our regular drummer. 😀


17 posted on 01/19/2026 4:49:20 PM PST by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Tell It Right

Born from above in an A/G church. Was a credentialed minister and we were A/G missionaries.


18 posted on 01/19/2026 6:44:42 PM PST by Prov1322 (Enjoy my wife's incredible artwork at www.watercolorARTwork.com! (This space no longer for rent))
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To: TexasKamaAina

Sitting alone, I truly laughed out loud. Best ever.


19 posted on 01/19/2026 7:02:49 PM PST by healy61
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To: Prov1322

Thanks for PR 13:22. Hadn’t read it in a long time, but am practicing it for children and grandchildren.


20 posted on 01/19/2026 7:04:59 PM PST by healy61
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