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Earlier this month, Pastor Creflo Dollar was in the hot seat after announcing some pretty elaborate plans to purchase a $65 million private jet. Of course, it’s Dollar’s prerogative if he wants to blow a fortune on a private plane, but what troubled many was that he was requesting the help of the public to raise most of that money. Creflo Dollar Ministries has since canceled the crowdfunding campaign, but it hasn’t stopped people from sharing their two cents about the scandal.
Last week, we spoke with “Preachers of Detroit” star Rev. David Bullock who wasted no time expressing his disapproval of said fundraiser and apparently, Kirk Franklin feels the same. In an op-ed essay for Patheos.com titled “The High Cost of Character,” the recording artist briefly touched on why Dollar’s controversial fundraiser speaks to the absence of character.
“We don’t have a shortage of greatness, we have a shortage of character,” Franklin wrote. “When a pastor wants people to buy him a private plane while a missionary in Somalia bathes children with sores, that’s a shortage of character.”
He continued:
“When I camouflage my ‘greeds’ to look like ‘needs,’ that’s a shortage of character. When young students are comfortable enough to sing racial slurs on a bus while furthering their education to someday lead a corporation that may have minorities apply for jobs, that’s a shortage of character…”
As you may recall, Dollar explained in a video presentation that the ministry needed the jet for global missions after the engine in their old plane broke down. What do you think of Kirk calling Crelfo out in this not-so-subtle way?
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