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Church Members Protest Against Pastor's Wealth Display- Disrupt Service by olapluto(m): 7:05pm On Sep 21, 2016
New Era Detroit stages a protest that turned into a brawl, caught on camera.

This is the same church that recently hosted Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump. But this protest is about more than politics.

New Era Detroit is calling it church accountability - taking congregations to task for not serving the community as churches should. They say something doesn't add up when a pastor makes a lot of money, drives a luxury car and the people who live near the church are in poverty.

Protest against wealthy pastor by activists disrupts church service
A scuffle inside the sanctuary after New Era Detroit protests during a worship service. Zeek the leader of group, offered no apologies for the dustup at Great Faith Ministries Saturday -- only the reasoning behind it.

"The situation is bigger than just Wayne T. Jackson," Zeek said. "This is about black churches and black pastors who live a lavish life on behalf of the people and they are not giving back to their community."

He's referring to Bishop Wayne T. Jackson, the wealthy pastor that welcomed Donald Trump, drives a Rolls Royce and lives in a mansion.

Zeek was there for the offering Saturday.

"They started the offering at a thousand dollars," he said. "And then they said if you don't have $1,000 then do $300. If you don't have cash, then we got ATM machines.

"I don't understand that logic. I don't understand that way of thinking and I don't understand that, to be what religion is."


New Era Detroit says the neighborhood surrounding great faith ministries is by and large impoverished.

"This guy has networks, churches, fancy cars, million dollar houses," Zeek said. "And there's babies in this community that doesn't have food at night. Somebody has to be frustrated about this enough to do something that will get people's attention and that's what New Era Detroit did."

"Here's the thing, pick up the phone, call, I want to talk to you," said Bishop Keith Farmer, Great Faith Ministries. "The apostle is a very fair man, he would meet with you and talk to you. What's your issue. But to do it that way, that is so disrespectful."

Members of Great Faith Ministries say New Era Detroit has their church and their pastor all wrong.

"Our bishop give away homes, cars," said Pastor Brent of Great Faith Ministries.

They say he's an astute businessman.

Juanita Kinney says he's one with a heart of gold

"When he found out I didn't have anywhere to live, within an hour he was calling me and telling me to go look at an apartment," said Kinney. "And because of that, and the love of him and his wife, I now have my own place."

"He should talk to people that he hired, ex-cons people that been in prison," said another church member. "He has done so much for this community. There are homes he has bought and given to people. But Zeek doesn't know that."

Many feel New Era Detroit crossed the line and violated a sacred space. They even drew comparisons to Dylan Roof - the man who walked into a church service and gunned down nine people in Charleston, South Carolina.

"They can't come in here and think they're going to take over our service, we have our women and children, mothers up in here terrified," said Pastor Brent. "And they say they're out there protecting the community, this is a community up in here."

FOX 2: "Would you do it all over again?"

"Absolutely," Zeek said. "We would definitely do it all over again. Would we tweak something? Absolutely. Going back, we would definitely go back again and they better get they act together because we just might be back."

The leader of New Era Detroit says he is open to having a sit down with Bishop Jackson and the pastors of other churches that his organization has protested.

Source: http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/206471178-story

This is coming to Nigeria soon. When the pastor over presses the mugu button, then a revolt becomes inevitable. Offering starts from 1000 USD! These people no fear God.
Re: Church Members Protest Against Pastor's Wealth Display- Disrupt Service by otemanuduno: 7:28pm On Sep 21, 2016
The prophecy of Knoliud keeps on fulfilling day after day. Where is the TOUCH NOT MY ANOINTING statement in that Church? No, they have gained their consciousness and brain. Hypnotism isn't working on them anymore.

I PRAY SUCH KIND OF TIME WILL COME UPON CHURCH MEMBERS IN MY COUNTRY NIGERIA, AMEN!!!

Motus 21: 5- 14

DOCTUFOS:
4. When the beliefs of Nymphidis(yahweh) and Largas(Allah) shall come into your midst to divide you, then shall Otem rise. And the beliefs shall be made low for the truth to stand. The truth shall trample them under like a mortar crushes the yams.
5. Now arise, prepare to publish the truth of the universe to all the world. For Otem has risen and all the prophets of Yeshua shall bow. They shall hear and they shall be cold in their hearts, for the time to scatter their powers has come. And they shall try their hypnotic power on the people again, but it shall not work, because all their sheep are fully at alert.
[b][size=16pt]6. Now shall the people of the lands around Niger say, it is time to see if the priests of Nymphidis are true indeed. It is time to test the name of Faulkin to see if it is real or not. And they shall see the visions of Faulkin but they shall believe it no more.
7. Then shall they say, we have seen enough visions for more than a century, now it is time to see the manifestations. Then shall they gather the real lame people in the streets and the real blind people on the road and the amputees and the epileptics.
8. And they shall say, let us go to the sanctuary of Krish and to the synagogue of Jehoshua. Let us also visit the campground of Enorach and of Wilhelm. Let us forget not to visit the tabernacle of Daoud and the place of Suleman the homo who prophesies doom. Let us go to the gathering of Lazarus and the place of the black Daniel which is false.
9. And the people shall say, if these sick we bring to their sanctuaries are not cured of their diseases and healed of their lameness and blindness, then shall we depart from the camps of these prophets of Yahweh forever. And we shall hate them with everlasting hatred if they did not confess to us, saying, the people we put on the chairs as the lame in our displays are only paid to act according to our directives; And the people who declared that they had healing had only been paid to do so. And the people who fell down, rolling on the floor with loud voices had been hypnotised by us.
10. And the shame of the people who called themselves holy and are not shall be so grave. And all the lies of Eusebius, the father of liars shall be exposed and made known in all lands.
11. For truly I tell you, Eusebius is he who shall compile all the lies of Faulkin and shall bind it with a spell, saying, whoever shall rise to put my religion to shame, let him be suppressed. Shall he not confront the Otems with his swords to make them almost believe his threats?
12. But I say, no, it shall not take long before the Otems shall know who he really was. Eusebius, the friend of a murderer and a murderer himself also.
13. And the words given to Otem shall overcome the falsehood of both Jehoshua and Eusebius. And the falsehood of Murhamid shall bow also, because the prophecy of Daniel shall gain ground. For Daniel had said, the dominion of Domino shall be an everlasting dominion.
14. And the name of Reverad shall be reverenced forever. And the counting of times shall remain to be Anno Domini, which is the name of our God who reigns in his Anystenx and no one knew it.[/b][/size]

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