Offering up confusion.
A Detroit pastor is under fire for ridiculing a worshipper who attempted to gift $1,200 to the church instead of the $2,000 he had requested during a fundraiser — as the minister defended his now-viral stance on giving.
Perfecting Church’s Bishop Marvin Winans was caught on camera sneering at a woman’s charity in front of her face as she delivered the large donation to the church during the congregation’s “Day of Giving” on Oct. 19. 5
“I, Roberta McCoy, give in faith, and stand in unity with the vision of Perfecting Church with sowing this seed of $1,000, plus $235 in receiving the blessings to come to all that participate,” McCoy read to the full congregation.
Winans created the event and asked congregants to donate $1,000 and raise $1,000 towards the compl