"You are giving too little to the church. You should feel ashamed of yourself."
Quote:Detroit Bishop Marvin Winans under fire for scolding church member over $1,200 donation
Perfecting Church’s Bishop Marvin Winans was caught on camera sneering at a woman’s charity to her face as she delivered the large donation to the church during the congregation’s “Day of Giving” on Oct. 19.
“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 toward the completion of the church’s new cathedral.
Winans interrupted and scolded McCoy, saying she didn’t follow his directions and was short of the $2,000.
“Now that is only $1,200,” Winans said. “Y’all not listening to what I’m saying.
“If you have a thousand plus a thousand,” he began to say as McCoy argued she was going to “work on getting” the other $800.
“That ain’t what I asked you to do,” Winans said.
The interaction between McCoy and her pastor was captured on a livestream and has since gone viral, garnering millions of views on social media.
Winans defended his infamous moment and revealed he was calling the congregants up by amount.
“I was calling because the whole church was giving, and it was our day of giving, and the whole church was coming, and we didn’t want people standing, the mothers and all that, so I was calling them by increments,” Winans told the outlet.
McCoy held herself responsible for the mix-up.
“He absolutely did not rebuke me. Now there’s a difference. There was a correction because let me clearly state that Pastor gave instruction on the lines to get into,” she said.
The worshipper revealed she has been the target of online threats since the video went viral, and wanted to clear the pastor’s name.
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