Micah Armstrong
{{Short description|American evangelist}}
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Micah Armstrong, also known as Brother Micah, is an American Trinitarian Pentecostal{{Citation|last=Grant Edwards|title=Denton County Police Chief Harassing Open Air Street Preacher Taken From a Jesse Morrell Film|date=2018-07-07|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6eD9p1HbgY|access-date=2019-07-28}} evangelist who preaches publicly at universities.{{cite news
| last = Reeves
| first = Jay
| title = Preacher stirs up college campuses
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| publisher = Associated Press
| date = 2008-06-30
| url = http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700238474,00.html?pg=1
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100119063814/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700238474,00.html?pg=1
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = January 19, 2010
| accessdate = 2008-11-09}}
He began his campus ministries full-time in 2006, however he visited campuses in his spare time as early as 2004,[http://upressonline.com/2012/02/brother-micah-speaks-on-boca-campus/ Brother Micah speaks on Boca campus] with visits also possibly occurring as early as the mid-1990s.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkbypEWJkVo/ A Blast From the Past for Brother Micah] Armstrong travels with his wife Elizabeth preaching in circuits mostly in the eastern and southern parts of the United States.[http://www.thedaonline.com/news/traveling-preacher-s-visit-to-wvu-ignites-controversy-1.526713 Traveling Preacher’s Visit to WVU Ignites Controversy] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120915093638/http://www.thedaonline.com/news/traveling-preacher-s-visit-to-wvu-ignites-controversy-1.526713 |date=2012-09-15 }}Navera, Tristan. [http://www.thepost.ohiou.edu/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=28313&SectionID=1&SubSectionID=2&S=1 Preachers condemn supporters of Obama, music, Palmerfest], The Post. Retrieved 2009-05-12. Armstrong uses outrageous statements to spark heated discussions. According to Jay Reeves of the Associated Press, Armstrong "holds a near mythic status on college campuses across the eastern United States". On December 1, 2013, Jesse Morrell's OpenAirOutreach.com, published a documentary film on Armstrong's personal life and preaching.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQfZNl0ScuU Brother Micah | THE MOVIE | Open Air Preacher | Documentary Film by Jesse Morrell] Accessed 2014-07-21.
Beliefs
Armstrong speaks out against sex outside of the biblical context of marriage,{{cite AV media |url-status = live |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/6lT5ruEFtxc |archive-date = 2021-12-11| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lT5ruEFtxc |title = Man Strips in front of Fundamentalist Preacher! |website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} drugs, rock and roll, masturbation, smoking, and pornography. He calls himself a "homophobe" and performs a song entitled, The Homo Song.[http://www.eaglenews.org/ideal-religion-preaches-gospel-of-peace-and-love-not-fire-and-brimstone-1.2692823#.T0wyS_EdP-w Ideal religion preaches gospel of peace and love, not fire and brimstone] He refers to “real Muslims" as terrorists. On the subject of women, Armstrong has said, "Women have two places: In front of the sink and behind the vacuum." He believes one can lose their salvation and must work to maintain it by stopping sinning/repenting from sinning and trusting in Jesus Christ. In 2009, he debated Mike Sprott, a Baptist campus ministry leader and pastor, at the University of South Florida campus, on confrontational open air preaching and the message of repentance and holiness.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ovou2xzZe0 |title=(Part 1) Brother Micah Armstrong Debating Baptist Pastor Mike Sprott |website=www.youtube.com |access-date=2014-07-21}}
Armstrong's preaching is criticized within some Christian circles. Brother Micah and Sister Elizabeth frequently preach against homosexuality, masturbation, and premarital sex,{{cite AV media |url-status = live |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/2swEcsZTxPc |archive-date = 2021-12-11| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2swEcsZTxPc |title = Brother Micah and Sister Elizabeth at UCF |website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} in a way that critics find confrontational. Armstrong calls male critics who challenge his preaching on homosexuality sodomites,{{cite AV media |url-status = live |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/yJpiPjGsvyg |archive-date = 2021-12-11| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJpiPjGsvyg |title = Brother Micah at JMU |website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} and has said that sorority girls put whorehouses out of business by giving away free sex.{{cite AV media |url-status = live |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/YfOFAADk_k8 |archive-date = 2021-12-11| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfOFAADk_k8 |title = FGCU hit again by the lunatic preacher |website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} Micah claims to be sinless (an unorthodox view called sinless perfectionism).{{cite AV media |url-status = live |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/Har3rzxwaVc |archive-date = 2021-12-11| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Har3rzxwaVc |title = The Baptizing of Micah Armstrong |website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}
He commonly toured with Brother Jed and Sister Cindy.
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