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Subject: FW: Donnie McClurkin "Goes Off" on the Church (UNCLASSIFIED)

Please read. Something to really think about.DONNIE MCCLURKIN GOES OFFON THE CHURCH!!!Pastor Donnie McClurkin - Perfecting Church, Freeport ,

New YorkThis past week, popular preacher, recording artist and pastor, Donnie McClurkin, went on record to declare his deep disappointment with what he sees as pastoral abuses in the body of Christ.

His comments have raised a legitimate question about abuse and excesses in the body of Christ and has brought attention to a topic thathas largely been ignored in the church community.

In an article appearing in Essence this past week Pastor McClurkin is quotedas saying:"As pastors, we have to link arms and have bi-partisanships. The [black] church has always been the face of the community.

Now we have to take on the responsibility of becoming true servants to the people from all walks of life. I get so mad when I see these pimpin' preachers driving Rolls-Royce, Bentleys, flying around in their private jets, and making it seem like

prosperity and money is the way of God when 90 percent of your congregation is on Section 8 or can't figure out how they are going to keep their lights on or feed their kids.

I'm big on perception, and what would it look like for me to live so lavishly if the people in my church are struggling?" says Pastor McClurkin in the article."In venting his frustration over the behavior of some in the church

community, Pastor McClurkin reveals his own humility and sense of service toGod and God's people, by outlining his own relationship, financial and otherwise, with his church and his refusal to take revenue from a congregation that

he has built from the ground up."I've done great in gospel music, and only a few of us have accomplished whatI have, and guess what? I live in the 'hood, not some place on the outskirts of the 'hood. There ain' no gate around my

house; I have a white fence because the people I pastor live in thatcommunity I have one vehicle and it's not a Mercedes , it's a LincolnNavigator. I don't receive a dime-not an Abraham Lincoln copper coin-and

haven't for the last seven-and-a-half years because I'm okay." He tells KenyaByrd of Essence Magazine.As such,Pastor McClurkin has become a model and an example for others to emulate. Hismentality and actions, that places a greater emphasis on service than profit,

can only be admired by all of those who love the Lord and are seeking to doHis will to the best of their ability. Pastor McClurkin makes it clear that he has options, but chooses to live amodest and humble lifestyle because that's what God has called him to do

If I wanted to buy a Phantom or Bentley I could and not hurt my pockets, butI'm okay with what I have. I can sing and work and I have all that money goback into the church so we can buy the delicatessen on the corner, or the

house next door to make it state-of-the-art low-income housing. We've trainedour people to put their leaders on pedestals, and some people want to livevicariously through their pastor and say, "My pastor has this and he's on

television and so on," but then what do you have? How have you prospered andgrown? So when I hear other pastors say, "My people take care of me," I'mthinking, But you're supposed to be taking care of the people. I just don't

get it. Pastor McClurkin goes on to say.What is best gleaned from the wisdom and honesty of Pastor McClurkin is hishealthy attitude about the church and who it belongs too. His "ecclesiology",which is worthy of our consideration, perhaps best represents what Christ had

in mind when He gave pastors to the body of Christ in the first place. I don't have a church, but I do have achurch that I pastor. I can't name something the Donnie McClurkin Templebecause the people do not belong to me and if they did that would mean I have

slaves. I am simply a vessel to deliver God's word. At the end of the day,it's God's church, not mine advises Pastor McClurkin.AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!

-- Margaret

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Subject: FW: Donnie McClurkin "Goes Off" on the Church (UNCLASSIFIED)

Please read. Something to really think about.DONNIE MCCLURKIN GOES OFFON THE CHURCH!!!Pastor Donnie McClurkin - Perfecting Church, Freeport ,

New YorkThis past week, popular preacher, recording artist and pastor, Donnie McClurkin, went on record to declare his deep disappointment with what he sees as pastoral abuses in the body of Christ.

His comments have raised a legitimate question about abuse and excesses in the body of Christ and has brought attention to a topic thathas largely been ignored in the church community.

In an article appearing in Essence this past week Pastor McClurkin is quotedas saying:"As pastors, we have to link arms and have bi-partisanships. The [black] church has always been the face of the community.

Now we have to take on the responsibility of becoming true servants to the people from all walks of life. I get so mad when I see these pimpin' preachers driving Rolls-Royce, Bentleys, flying around in their private jets, and making it seem like

prosperity and money is the way of God when 90 percent of your congregation is on Section 8 or can't figure out how they are going to keep their lights on or feed their kids.

I'm big on perception, and what would it look like for me to live so lavishly if the people in my church are struggling?" says Pastor McClurkin in the article."In venting his frustration over the behavior of some in the church

community, Pastor McClurkin reveals his own humility and sense of service toGod and God's people, by outlining his own relationship, financial and otherwise, with his church and his refusal to take revenue from a congregation that

he has built from the ground up."I've done great in gospel music, and only a few of us have accomplished whatI have, and guess what? I live in the 'hood, not some place on the outskirts of the 'hood. There ain' no gate around my

house; I have a white fence because the people I pastor live in thatcommunity I have one vehicle and it's not a Mercedes , it's a LincolnNavigator. I don't receive a dime-not an Abraham Lincoln copper coin-and

haven't for the last seven-and-a-half years because I'm okay." He tells KenyaByrd of Essence Magazine.As such,Pastor McClurkin has become a model and an example for others to emulate. Hismentality and actions, that places a greater emphasis on service than profit,

can only be admired by all of those who love the Lord and are seeking to doHis will to the best of their ability. Pastor McClurkin makes it clear that he has options, but chooses to live amodest and humble lifestyle because that's what God has called him to do

If I wanted to buy a Phantom or Bentley I could and not hurt my pockets, butI'm okay with what I have. I can sing and work and I have all that money goback into the church so we can buy the delicatessen on the corner, or the

house next door to make it state-of-the-art low-income housing. We've trainedour people to put their leaders on pedestals, and some people want to livevicariously through their pastor and say, "My pastor has this and he's on

television and so on," but then what do you have? How have you prospered andgrown? So when I hear other pastors say, "My people take care of me," I'mthinking, But you're supposed to be taking care of the people. I just don't

get it. Pastor McClurkin goes on to say.What is best gleaned from the wisdom and honesty of Pastor McClurkin is hishealthy attitude about the church and who it belongs too. His "ecclesiology",which is worthy of our consideration, perhaps best represents what Christ had

in mind when He gave pastors to the body of Christ in the first place. I don't have a church, but I do have achurch that I pastor. I can't name something the Donnie McClurkin Templebecause the people do not belong to me and if they did that would mean I have

slaves. I am simply a vessel to deliver God's word. At the end of the day,it's God's church, not mine advises Pastor McClurkin.AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!

-- Margaret