The Right Reveredn Doctor Jamal-Harrison Bryant is getting bigger and bigger. Pretty soon he will be as popular (and as empty) as T. Dexter and the rest of the Big Dogs. Heck, he may even give Joel Osteen a run for his money. I can see the day when Empowerment Temple buys…oh wait - Baltimore doesn’t have a basket ball team. Does it?
The Baltomore Sun did a story on McBryant and one paragraph stood out in particular. I suspect this is why the dude is doing so well with the youth and other people who who “…never joined a church.”
This paragraph seems to sum the whole thing up (click on the paragraph to go to the article) :
They don’t preach about original sin, personal holiness, and God’s grace. They preach about our power to achieve, anointing to accomplish anything, and you have a right to be happy. Die to self (1 Cor 15:31)?!?! No way.
The people are breaking the doors down to get in. But they’re starving to death while they’re there.
It’s almost like watching a bunch of tribbles consuming quadratricacaley, always eating and still starving to death. 2 Tim 3:6,7 comes to mind. The pimps are always telling their patsies that their breakthrough is coming. But it never does. And the only thing that goes to the next level is the pastor’s income. But like the Tribbles, those harmless little fuzzballs that kept eating and eating and eating, but starved to death, the people keep feeding on McBryant’s words and still starve to death. If nothing else, think about Sheneka (she made a couple of postings today - shouted the whole time) and imagine how her life will be three or four years from now if she keeps going the way she’s going.
If you know anyone who goes to any of these bozos’ churches, talk to them. Be their friends. Pray for them. And try to get them out of those pits. Remember, the prayers of the righteous are effective (James 5:16).
And thanks to Anthony B for the heads up on the article.
While Baltimore doesn’t have a basket-ball team, the Baltimore arena is dab smack in the middle of town, an older, smaller arena…would make a great place for a new mega church.
“Taste Great, Less Filling” Comes to mind.
To date, my wife’s been out of the cult for about 3 months.
So far, she’s received about 3 phone calls from them informing her of current events…to include the pastors B-day, His daughters 2nd or 3rd baby shower and some other very important event that involved some form of gift or offering.
One person did ask her if I was keeping her from going…like I ever prevented her from doing anything.
A couple of church members she’s accidently ran into have avoided her, shunned.
Not one single call by church heirarchy to track down the lost sheep…I guess they over look those parts of the bible along with anything else that doesn’t assist their agenda.
As said before (I think) my job is watching the news to write synopsis about it.
Had a segment yesterday where it was exclaimed that not only is the catholic church struggling to find new preachers but protestant denominations are also having trouble finding new blood to fill the role of traditional pastors… in a church.
Most seem to want to have more ‘hands on’ and ‘personally rewarding’ vocations under the cloth. Missionaries to hospitals and prisons for example. Many don’t think they can compete with the new mega-churches and don’t want to be ‘tied down’ to a building anyway. Adventure, excitement and personal experience…
Melvin, do you have access to that baltimore sun article?
(MN: My apologies. Here is the link to the article. I have also included it in the post. )
Would anyone like to comment on Mason Betha?He is a rapper turned minister. At one point, I thought he was delivered from the industry but I don’t know. Is he still preaching? I think he is signed to G-Unit Records.
What do you mean “I don’t know if he is delivered from the industry?”…LOL. This cat IS signed to G-Unit, but fighting with Puff to get out of his contract so he can actually put his music out under G-Unit.
His church’s website is still up and running (http://www.sanechurch.org/SANE/). I’ll go ahead and make the assumption that he is still in the pastoral role as he flies back and forth between NY, meeting with this new “friends” 50 and Lloyd.
Mason is in a whole other category all his own….
Not only is he back to rapping, but he is worse than before. When he first came out his name was Murder Mase, and later he changed it to Mase under Bad Boy. Since signing to G-Unit, he has become Murder Mase once again.
The best part is that a few weeks ago, Murder Mase was the guest minister at Creflo’s Church!!!
MN( About Mase - You have to be more specific. I couldn’t find the clip you referenced.
Melvin )
My fault. Go to youtube.com and type in “Mase preaching” in the search box and you’ll see 3 clips.
(MN: No problem. I will do it this evening when I get home…and cook…and study…and finish addressing envelopes…and the such. )