General Discussion

In March, Shelley's church got evicted from its building after the pastor said gay people were "worthy of death," which violated the terms of the lease that said the church should not promote or threaten violence.

Shelley took over as Stedfast Baptist Church's pastor after his predecessor, Donnie Romero, resigned in January 2019 after revelations that he had hired sex workers and was involved in gambling.

The controversial church is considered a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. It came to notoriety in 2016, when Romero praised the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, calling the victims "perverts and pedophiles."