A pastor in Lexington is apologizing for a skit that featured a white church member performing in blackface.Pastor Jeff Fugate of Clays Mill Road Baptist Church says he received several complaints about the skit last week.Fugate told the Lexington Herald-Leader he was not aware the church member, his assistant Joseph Pickens, would be wearing black makeup on his face. Pickens was dressed as Mr. T for a boxing match skit. He says that part of the skit was put on "innocently or in ignorance."A YouTube video showing the skit appeared on a blog and was later shared on social media.The skits were part of the National Young Fundamentalists Conference held Wednesday through Friday at the church.

A pastor in Lexington is apologizing for a skit that featured a white church member performing in blackface.



Pastor Jeff Fugate of Clays Mill Road Baptist Church says he received several complaints about the skit last week.




Fugate told the Lexington Herald-Leader he was not aware the church member, his assistant Joseph Pickens, would be wearing black makeup on his face. Pickens was dressed as Mr. T for a boxing match skit. He says that part of the skit was put on "innocently or in ignorance."



A YouTube video showing the skit appeared on a blog and was later shared on social media.



The skits were part of the National Young Fundamentalists Conference held Wednesday through Friday at the church.