– Advertisement –

Megachurch Performs Remix of Backstreet Boys “Everybody” as a Parody of the Resurrection

by | Jul 21, 2025 | News, Opinion, Religion

✪ Read this article ad-free and leave comments here on Substack

At a highly popular New Zealand megachurch, Grace Vineyard Church, Easter Sunday isn’t about the resurrection of Christ. It’s about choreography, costume robes, and turning the King of kings into a glorified boy band frontman. In a recent stunt, they performed a “Backstreet Boys” parody called Jesus & the Boyz, where Jesus emerges from the tomb not in radiant glory, but apparently with a backup crew and a hook line:

“Everybody! Yeah! Join the party!” Because nothing says “He is risen” like repurposing late-90s bubblegum pop to entertain the masses with sensationalized blasphemy.

Picture a curly-haired Jesus sauntering in with a red sash and a casual “I’ve come back to life!” while Peter, John, and Thomas react like they’ve just seen NSYNC reunite in Jerusalem.

Worse, the lyrics read like they were churned out by a youth pastor who had one too many Red Bulls and a Spotify playlist from 1998. “We saw You die, thought it was the end”—as if Golgotha were just the cliffhanger before the next episode. The entire ordeal trivializes the crucifixion, mocks the resurrection, and somehow manages to degrade both theology and music in a single stroke.

Join Us and Get These Perks:

✅ No Ads in Articles
✅ Access to Comments and Discussions
✅ Community Chats
✅ Full Article and Podcast Archive
✅ The Joy of Supporting Our Work 😉



But this is what happens when churches stop preaching and start performing. When the pulpit becomes a stage, the gospel becomes a gimmick. At Grace Vineyard, Christ isn’t the Lion of Judah—He’s the lead singer of a cringeworthy resurrection musical.

These clowns aren’t reaching the lost—they’re auditioning for viral relevance, one parody video at a time. They don’t fear God, they fear being boring. And to them, reverence is just a buzzkill.

Are we really supposed to believe this glorified talent show is “spreading the gospel”? That Jesus died and rose again just so His name could be slapped into a pop melody and auto-tuned into oblivion? Was Golgotha a concert venue? Did the tomb roll away to a drumbeat? Are we now supposed to worship with jazz hands and fog machines while angels cringe in the wings?

Imagine if the apostles had seen this. Do we really believe they would just dance along to this? Of course not. They would’ve wept…and probably flipped some tables over. If this is what the modern church is offering, don’t be surprised when the world laughs. The tomb is empty, yes—but so is the theology at Grace Vineyard.

Watch:

Three Ways to Support DISNTR


The Dissenter is primarily supported by its readers. The best way to support us is to subscribe to our members-only Substack site where you will receive all of our content ad-free, plus you will get member-only exclusive content.

Support us with a monthly donation on Patreon

Support us with membership to our ad-free Substack

Make one-time or monthly donation on Donorbox


👕 Or make a purchase from our online store. 👕
Make a Dogecoin Donation

- Advertisement -

Latest

The Modern American Soft “Jesus” is an Idol

The Modern American Soft “Jesus” is an Idol

The modern American imagination is an idol factory, and it has manufactured a version of Jesus that never existed. In this version, Jesus is soft-spoken, endlessly agreeable, and almost allergic to confrontation. He floats through the Gospels like a spiritual...

Why are Leftists Like David French Fascinated with James Talarico?

Why are Leftists Like David French Fascinated with James Talarico?

James Talarico Is the Exact Kind of Christian as David French Or maybe it’s clearer if we say it without the polite packaging—he isn’t one at all. Every few months the evangelical internet machine latches onto a new personality and suddenly the timelines start...

- Advertisement -

Subscribe

Store

Follow Us

- Advertisement -

- Advertisement -

You Might Also Like…

In a World Unraveling, God Still Reigns.

In a World Unraveling, God Still Reigns.

I wake up, grab my coffee, thumb the screen—and it’s the same grim parade, again. A man guns down a pregnant woman at a red light—her husband beside her—an unborn child erased in the same breath, and the system shrugs it off under the banner of insanity. Not...

The Modern American Soft “Jesus” is an Idol

The Modern American Soft “Jesus” is an Idol

The modern American imagination is an idol factory, and it has manufactured a version of Jesus that never existed. In this version, Jesus is soft-spoken, endlessly agreeable, and almost allergic to confrontation. He floats through the Gospels like a spiritual...

Liberals and Conservatives are Not “Equal But Opposite” Evils

Liberals and Conservatives are Not “Equal But Opposite” Evils

“Yes, Democrats are evil, but Republicans…” I always hear the David French types, the Phil Vischer types, the JD Greear types, attempt to argue that Republicans are some kind of “opposite” evil from Democrats. These center-leftists, for lack of a better term, will...

The Eastern Orthodox Icon Ruse

The Eastern Orthodox Icon Ruse

by John Carpenter Most serious American Christians are accustomed to engaging groups like the Mormons, with their sexually immoral con-man who wrote bad fiction full of provable absurdities, or Jehovah’s Witnesses, repackaging ancient Arianism, or even Roman...

- Advertisement -

Want to go ad-free with exclusive content? Subscribe today.
Already a subscriber? Click Here

This will close in 0 seconds

Three Ways to Support DISNTR



The Dissenter is primarily supported by its readers. The best way to support us is to subscribe to our members-only Substack site where you will receive all of our content ad-free, plus you will get member-only exclusive content.

 

Support us with a monthly donation on Patreon

Support us with membership to our ad-free Substack

Make one-time or monthly donation on Donorbox


👕 Or make a purchase from our online store. 👕

This will close in 0 seconds