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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPreachers and their $5,000 sneakers: Man started an Instagram account showing churches' wealth
Kirby posted to his 400 followers on Instagram, Hey Elevation Worship, how much you paying your musicians that they can afford $800 kicks? Let me get on the payroll!
Plus, Kirby wondered, how could the churchs pastor, Steven Furtick, one of the most popular preachers in the country, afford a new designer outfit nearly every week?
With a friends encouragement, Kirby started a new Instagram account @PreachersNSneakers posting screenshots of pastors next to price tags and the street value of shoes they were wearing. Within a month, the account had attracted 100,000 followers.
At the beginning, it was easy for me to make jokes about it, he said. Some of the outfits are absurd, so its easy to laugh at some of the designer pieces. The price tags are outlandish.
On his feed, Kirby has showcased Seattle pastor Judah Smiths $3,600 Gucci jacket, Dallas pastor T.D. Jakess $1,250 Louboutin fanny pack and Miami pastor Guillermo Maldonados $2,541 Ricci crocodile belt. And he considers Paula White, former president Donald Trumps most trusted pastoral adviser who is often photographed in designer items, a PreachersNSneakers content goldmine, posting a photo of her wearing $785 Stella McCartney sneakers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2021/03/22/preachers-sneakers-instagram-wealth/
CoopersDad
(2,198 posts)Celerity
(43,422 posts)Klondike Kat
(810 posts)Celerity
(43,422 posts)malaise
(269,087 posts)Last edited Tue Mar 23, 2021, 01:17 PM - Edit history (1)
Blessed be the tithes that bind!
This is great - expose these thieves!
Tommymac
(7,263 posts)malaise
(269,087 posts)he appears to be either drunk or on drugs
Tommymac
(7,263 posts)Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheeps clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore by their fruits you will know them. Matthew 7:1520
Jesus said, Take heed that no one deceives you. Many false prophets will rise up and deceive many (Matt. 24:4, 11)
malaise
(269,087 posts)Damn
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Even if he's not, he's one of the creepiest people I have ever observed in my life. Ugh!
Initech
(100,087 posts)"God is all knowing, all powerful, but he just can't handle money!"
moreland01
(740 posts)Brother Loves Travelling Salvation Show. $$Halleluiah$$
Delmette2.0
(4,168 posts)Help....I can't clip in the link for the song.
One line is "If you say Hallelujah! they might give you some more"
malaise
(269,087 posts)patphil
(6,186 posts)Just keep sending in those donations folks! The more you send in, the more God loves you.
Sending money to these megachurches only helps the people who run the churches.
tecelote
(5,122 posts)Churches should pay taxes, especially these churches!
Maybe have an exception for those that vow a life of poverty. But, I've never met one.
EleanorR
(2,393 posts)These folks are already conditioned to not care if their overlords live like kings while they starve.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)The overlap is no accident.
Gaugamela
(2,496 posts)You gotta flaunt it to show how much god loves you. Its what draws their submissive flock to them, like moths to a flame. Theyre hoping some of that divine love will rub off on them. Apparently they cant see its all a pyramid scheme. Eyes to see and ears to hear, indeed.
Lonestarblue
(10,024 posts)Why do evangelicals get to deduct religious donations to support their religion while atheists cannot deduct political donations to support their right from religion?
BobTheSubgenius
(11,564 posts)Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)I ask them frequently how they can accept his vast wealth in light of the plight of the poor, and they say he works hard and deserves all the money he receives.
Can you tell that these employees are also Republicans? They think our system of government is capitalism, not democracy.
peppertree
(21,640 posts)Best I ever had.
I had them for several years - and I'd even get compliments on them from time to time.
Percy
(721 posts)And one of the benefits of social media is that it can be done so efficiently.
onethatcares
(16,174 posts)nuff said.
Skittles
(153,169 posts)what shocks me is how many believe the absolute shit they peddle
malaise
(269,087 posts)Skittles
(153,169 posts)I bet that guy was small potatoes; yes INDEED.
malaise
(269,087 posts)He needs Louis Vuitton because he sweats - looks like he was eating the tithes as well.