On Monday, SAPP claimed The Rickey Smiley Morning Show False narratives have arisen on him and the great amount that he asked the congregants and spectators to help the Church’s breeding. Some have even faced the Grammy winning gospel artist about his viral statements, who have caused security concerns for him and his family.
“People have called my Church and wrote to me. My staff is afraid because I received death threats,” he said during the interview. “People have come to our campus. They have come to my church to try to cause problems, problems (and) challenges.”
Death threats have caused SAPP security problems
SAPP is the senior shepherd of the Church of the ship chosen in Fort Worth, Texas. In 2003, he founded the sheet Life Life Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he was pasting with his late wife, Dr. Malinda Prince Sapp, until he died of colon cancer in 2010, according to. Magic 104.9.
After almost 20 years as a solo father, the 58 -year -old said that the threats of social media and death threats have put a tension in his family.
“When you have millions of followers, you do not have time to read all the comments, but my children do it,” SAPP said. “They are scared. I am their only father. I’m a widower. They are afraid of my safety, so now we have to update and increase security, all the things I have never had to do before.”
The fury began when a SAPP viral clip spoke before a congregation at 109th Pentecostal Assemblies for the Baltimore World Convention Recently resurfaced, almost a year after the event, which took place in July USA and Nuggery.
‘I never said blocking the doors’
At her videoSAPP ordered USHERS )Close the doors,, saying that there were 1,000 people in the Pews and 1,000 spectators; each could sow a )small seed, of $ 20 to achieve $ 40,000 target.
He also addressed the Pulpit’s preachers and asked them to contribute to the cause. “ICosts do not sit here,, Said after they were advised to give $ 100. )Giving is cultured, “added SAPP.
SAPP shared his point of view with listeners Rickey Smiley’s morning ShowExplaining how people may have misunderstood their message to video users.
“I Never said to block the doors. I said it closed the doors,, SAPP emphasized. )Closing doors somethingn that people still have the ability to do Enter and leave. They have done it Problem with my tone and I can say honestly likeness In the video perhaps I was a little more assertive than it should have been. I can apologize for this. “”
SAPP said he never received “not a dime” of the money raised
The singer “Never would have made it” also denied the claims that received a cut of $ 40,000 he gathered to everyone to collect to help the Church based in Baltimore. “A penny came to me,” he said.
“This organization is a church organization in which I grew up. These people gave me a platform and the reason I know today is because of the opportunities that this organization gave me,” he added.
On Wednesday, SAPP shared a Facebook statementT and provided an additional context to those who misunderstood what he said.
“ Some have had problems with a specific moment when I instructed users, rather, to close their doors during the offer. To those who do not know the context of the Church or who may not attend worship meetings regularly, this has been misunderstood as the people and offensive. This was never my intention, ” said SAPP in the statement.
“Fund collection is a critical component for success”
The Pentecostal Assemblies of The World, Inc. They also shared a statement on Saturday, apologizing to “those who could have been offended by the way they receive donations”.
“It is never our intention for our procedures to be a crime or an obstacle to anyone,” said the organization, by USA Today. “Fund collection is a critical component for the success of our non -profit organization and the funds raised are used to support not only in this event, but also in our extensive work of international missions, auxiliary programming, educational efforts and much more.”
