US EditionPastor John Gray defended gospel singer Bishop Marvin Sapp but also acknowledged a problem with the incident.
- Marvin Sapp defended his fundraising methods after a video of him asking for $40,000 went viral, sparking online debate about giving culture in the Black church.
- Sapp stated he received death threats due to the video, highlighting safety concerns for his family, saying, 'My staff are afraid because I've received death threats.'
- The Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc. Issued an apology for any offense caused by Sapp's donation request methods, stating, 'It is never our intent for our proceedings to be an offense.'
- Sapp clarified that he did not receive any of the raised funds, stating, 'Not a dime of that money came to me.
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'Ushers, close the doors': Pastor Marvin Sapp’s offering call ignites Black church giving debate
(RNS) — Deluged by online debate, gospel singer and pastor Marvin Sapp defended his fundraising style on a radio talk show Monday (March 31), after a nine-month-old recording of his call to raise $40,000 for a Pentecostal organization went viral. “Ushers, close the doors. Close the doors,” Sapp is heard saying in the video, which was made at a conference of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc., meeting in Baltimore in July 2024, where h…
Marvin Sapp slammed for closing church doors to hit $40,000 offering
Photo: Getty Images Marvin Sapp is catching heat on social media after video showed him directing ushers to close the doors of a church until he received a $40,000 offering. In the now-viral video, Sapp appeared to be onstage speaking to a crowd of at least 1,000 churchgoers, urging them all to “sow a seed” … Continued
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