Pastor Mark Driscoll kicked off stage for calling out stripper at mega church “the Jezebel spirit.”

Mark Driscoll has been forced to defend himself after he was temporarily asked to leave the stage during James River Church’s Stronger Men’s Conference in Missouri for calling a performance by an aerial sword swallower and admitted male stripper, which opened the conference, “the Jezebel spirit.”Show more

A viral video clip of Alex Magala’s sword-swallowing performance, which made him famous on family-friendly shows like "America’s Got Talent" and "Britain’s Got Talent," followed by Driscoll’s response to it, has already sparked a wave of comments on social media and headlines in a variety of publications like USA Today, which Driscoll insisted on Monday misinterpreted what he means by the Jezebel spirit.