Kirk Franklin Calls Out Preacher Who Wants $54m In Donations

American gospel musician, Kirk Franklin has taken to Instagram to condemn gospel televangelist, Jesse Duplantis who requested that his followers send him donations so his ministry can buy a brand new private jet which goes for about $54 million.

Although, the elderly preacher owns three other private jets, he still wants the Dassault Falcon 7X,which is a three-engine plane with a range of 5,950 nautical miles so that he “can go anywhere in the world in which he stop”.

In a video released on the preacher’s website, he said the planes get him closer to the Lord and he had a divine conversation in which Jesus asked for the new aircraft by name.

Kirk Franklin condemned this on Instagram. He wrote:

“This is Jessie Duplantis. A televangelist who has four planes, and is now telling us that “Jesus” wants us to buy him another one. I’m posting this because now that we see popular culture stand up to the injustices in mainstream society, I believe the church should do the same for its own as well. WE should take the lead when there is an abuse of power that affects our message to the masses; our silence can be as loud as the bigotry and racism we see in the public square. Many of these “ministries” built their wealth on the backs of poor rural minorities that put their trust in the hands of “god’s shepherds” only to see the prosperity benefit those doing the preaching. Again, there are GREAT Christian leaders, and there is NOTHING wrong with having a plane… but if the burden falls on the less fortunate and GREED is the check written by those drowning in socio-economic rivers of systemic disparities, GOD is not flying that plane.”

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This is Jessie Duplantis. A televangelist who has four planes, and is now telling us that “Jesus” wants us to buy him another one. I’m posting this because now that we see popular culture stand up to the injustices in mainstream society, I believe the church should do the same for its own as well. WE should take the lead when there is an abuse of power that affects our message to the masses; our silence can be as loud as the bigotry and racism we see in the public square. Many of these “ministries” built their wealth on the backs of poor rural minorities that put their trust in the hands of “god’s shepherds” only to see the prosperity benefit those doing the preaching. Again, there are GREAT Christian leaders, and there is NOTHING wrong with having a plane… but if the burden falls on the less fortunate and GREED is the check written by those drowning in socio-economic rivers of systemic disparities, GOD is not flying that plane.

A post shared by Kirk Franklin (@kirkfranklin) on May 30, 2018 at 10:43am PDT