He is a singer and pastor Gospel known for the successful song of 2007 “Never Weld Mad it”.
After explaining that he had just paid $ 2,000 for renewing his ordination and his license, Marvin asked the congregation of donations in a way that had not been satisfied with many people.
“There are 1000 of you tonight, and those who look … It’s a 1000 watching online,” he said. “If I get a 1000 online to give this, if I get 1000 in the sanctuary to give this – it’s 40,000 dollars tonight. I put each of you here to give a seed of $ 20.”
While paying the tithe (or giving 10% of your income as an offer to support the church and the clergy) is a traditional practice in many Pentecostal churches, the viral clip has received a lot of backlash for its delivery.
A person said: “Lmfao, Marvin Sapp was never wrapped too tight, so I’m not surprised that he kept this congregation in hostage until he gave $ 40,000. I would never have been paaaaaaaaaaa.”
“Marvin SAPP was broken. I would have immediately composed 911 while I was heading for the exit. You opened these doors, or you catch a false accusation of imprisonment,” wrote another person.
This person suggested: “Marvin Sapp clearly upsets his congregation for 40K – and uses the name of God to do so. He asks that the doors be locked? It is not faith, it is a shakedown and a false prophet. Someone had an invoice to pay, and it was not in the church.”
Even viral creators such as Kevontage and Notkaltonbanks joined the conversation, making comic videos on what it would be to interact with the bailiffs closing the doors.
Well, the viral clip and the speech returned to Marvin and he responded to the backlash, more or less double his methods to collect $ 40,000 by locking the doors.
On his Facebook page, Marvin said in the long response: “Some have challenged a special moment when I asked the bailiffs, rather firmly, to close the doors during the offering. To those who do not know the context of the church or who cannot regularly attend worship of worship.”
“The truth is that when finances are received in any rally of worship, it is one of the most vulnerable and exposed times for financial and security teams. The movement during this sacred exchange can be distracting and, sometimes, even risky. My directive did not relate to resources.”
“Unfortunately, in this age of social networks, the extracts are easily shared without context, and the hypotheses are quickly made without understanding the complete image. Conferences have budgets. Churches have budgets. And people have budgets. Like the ministerial donation awarded for this international collection, one of my answers was to raise the conference budget. It is not manipulation, its engineering.”
Marvin continued by giving the “biblical context” by citing chronicles 29 of the Bible, referring to what people once gave “gold, silver, bronze, iron and precious stones” and never focused on the specific quantities given.
In the end, Marvin hoped that his explanation would give a context to the viral clip, and several people (with religious ties) came to his defense. But, alas, jokes and criticisms are always strong.
You can look at the real moment for yourself here at 3:30 am and share your thoughts.
