The Brooklyn pastor who was robbed of reportedly greater than $1 million in jewellery at gunpoint throughout his church sermon final week has returned to the pulpit.
Bishop Lamor Whitehead went viral over the previous week after masked gunmen raided his New York church. The flashy man of God was robbed of all of his jewellery — later reported to be greater than $1 MILLION in belongings. It was horrifying that the housebreaking was caught on a video livestream of the service, in fact. However when the obvious value of his blingy possessions got here out later, folks everywhere in the world had been shocked on the flashy, unapologetic pastor. And now, he’s again for extra…
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On Sunday, Bishop Whitehead preached one other sermon at his Leaders of Tomorrow Worldwide Ministry within the NYC borough. In his first public assertion again for the reason that notorious heist final month, he took day out to recall the scary occasions. There have been “about 20 worshippers” within the church, in accordance with the New York Day by day Information. However even with the sparse crowd, Whitehead didn’t hesitate to deal with the scary scenario. He instructed them at one level:
“We may’ve been planning our funerals. However we made it.”
He marveled on the worldwide viral consideration that got here from the theft, too. Recalling how far the information unfold, he instructed parishioners a couple of message he acquired final week in regards to the video:
“I received a cellphone name. They mentioned, ‘You’re in Ukraine.’”
One of many central elements of the story going so viral was, in fact, Whitehead’s flashy and costly jewellery. Seemingly uncommon for a pastor, the price of the stolen merchandise shocked everybody who heard the story. He apparently hasn’t modified his methods, both. On Sunday, in accordance with the NYDN, he was decked out in designer clothes from Gucci and Balenciaga, to associate with Gucci loafers, a “heavy gold watch,” and an “outsized pink gemstone” in a hoop on his proper hand.
Bishop Whitehead additionally slammed those that proceed to be skeptical about his materialism. Mimicking their criticisms, he mentioned at one level throughout the sermon:
“I’m gonna put on my Gucci, as a result of God says, ‘You’re my chosen vessel.’ He didn’t inform me I couldn’t put on what I need to put on. ‘Why’s he gotta put on Gucci?’ As a result of I need to. It’s my civil proper to put on what I need to put on. … We’re a church of wealth. We’re not a church of poverty.”
Ummm…
In the course of the almost three-hour-long sermon, Whitehead additionally recreated his response to the theft. Whereas remembering the scary ordeal, the pastor lay down on the ground and revisited the worry he had after being accosted by the masked bandits. You possibly can see that, as a part of your entire occasion, at in regards to the 2:21:00 mark within the video (under):
And that’s not all! Whitehead can be drawing consideration for a brand new livestream video during which he reveals off his “prayer closet” to his followers.
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Within the clip, the pastor seems extra involved with designer manufacturers than his relationship with God. Taking footage from contained in the expansive closet, he says to the digicam:
“That is my prayer closet. One would suppose that, ‘Wow, take a look at your closet.’ I’ve received all my priestly robes and extra. Designer coats, you title it. Gucci, Louis [Vuitton], you title it. Fendi, you title it.”
After which he strikes into the shoe part, including:
“After which once you stroll into my shoe closet, each designer put on. Designer put on for days. For days, for days, for days.”
You possibly can see that clip HERE. IG customers reacting to the “prayer closet” livestream had been, uhh, not impressed:
“It’s giving scammer vibes Lord get him”
“How he went from prayer closet to flexin”
“We see the place the church cash going”
“He higher calm down earlier than the govt.. audit his behind”
“Why his closet look higher than that cheesy ass church???”
“Somebody let their bishop know this ain’t serving to”
“what’s his level proper now doing this. He’s gonna get robbed once more. Until this was an entire arrange”
“Sir that’s not a prayer nearer, NEXT!”
“They gonna rob his closet subsequent and pray for forgiveness”
Jeez!!
What do y’all suppose??
[Image via Lamor Whitehead/Instagram]