The leader of a 12,000-member megachurch, Jeffress is infamous for slamming Islam and Mormonism as deriving "from the pit of hell," accusing President Obama of "paving the way" for the Antichrist and peddling false figures about HIV prevalence among homosexuals, whom he has said lead "miserable" and "filthy" lives. He has also suggested that the Catholic Church is being led astray by Satan and that Islam is an "evil religion" that "promotes pedophilia."