Category — Marvin Sapp

Via his official facebook page, Marvin Sapp, one of the three  judges that advanced an openly homosexual choir from St. Louis in the How Sweet the Sound Gospel choir competition denied knowing about the church.

We asked: “Is Marvin Sapp aware that the Metropolitan Community Church of Greater St Louis is a homosexual Christian denomination? Is he aware that as a judge on HSTS, he has advanced them as regional winners? This is a serious question and I would like to hear from Marvin Sapp as to whether (1) he knew this church is St Louis was a choir of open homosexuals and (2) what does he plan to do about them participating in a gospel event?”
Sapp responded:

“Let me say that I usually don’t respond to these types of post [sic] however we (the judges) had no clue about this church or any other church in the national competition and as judges that info isnt released to any of us by the sponsor Verizon. The judging process is based on accumulative scoring so it’s not based on any one person alone. Our resposibilities is to score based on talent and presentation and thats all we do and that night they were the best choir. The goal of the competition is to advance Gospel and the Gospel music and not agenda…. God Bless”

Sapp’s statement didnt voice any opposition to homosexuality although its believed that (as a former apostolic Christian) he is opposed to homosexual conduct. And if he is correct that Verizon doesn’t mention to the judges that the choir (there have been several in the past) is gay or from a gay denomination that opposes bible truth about homosexuality its intentional. Is that because they know that a great majority of the black church fans of the show would be immediately turned off?  Sapp stated that  the goal of the competition is to “advance the Gospel” but the very presence of the homosexual choir is completely counterproductive to that goal.

We also contacted Shirley Caesar and Isreal Houghton but neither have responded.

Black Gospel music has long been a draw to get people into the institutionalized church. Many people will come to a church to hear the choir sing before they will come to hear the preacher preach.  New competition shows like How Sweet the Sound are now elevating the spiritually nebulous choir to greater prominence as representatives of the black church, while sex and money scandals are diminishing the role of  the preacher.

GCM Watch has covered the rampant homosexuality entrenched in the Black Gospel music industry before here and  here .  However, you should be aware that industry workers are using the “new cart method” of traveling gospel music/comedy tours, gospel music artists appearing on late night talk-shows, and gospel music artists  partnering with ungodly secular artists allegedly to “reach the youth”.

What is new cart method? If you read 1 Chronicles 13 ,it tells how King David used a new cart to bring the ark of the covenant into Jerusalem,  following the pattern of the Philistines who used a new cart to transport the ark of the covenant. The Philistines didn’t know any better because they were unaware of the methods and restrictions of transporting the Ark which literally housed the presence of God.  As King, David should have known better, because Israel were covenant people.  The scripture records that as the ark was being moved it almost fell to the ground. But a man named Uzzah instinctively reached to steady it. When his hand touched it, he was killed instantly . Judgment was swift because King David didn’t seek the proper order of the Lord. Uzzah was the son of Abinadab where the ark of the covenant had been stored at his fathers house for years. He had been around the ark nearly all his life, however he was ignorant and didn’t understand that God required his commands to be followed to the letter. And in his zeal without knowledge it cost him his life.

Deadly mix: strange fire, gospel music and new carts

As reported by gcmwatch, you have Mary Mary toured with R&B artist Maxwell and made guest appearances on BET’s 106 and Park,  Kirk Franklin and Steve Harvey (yes the one with the profane mouth) are now together on a “gospel comedy tour”.  A slew of gospel music artists are now making foot kissing missions to the foul mouthed comedian Monique. Who are they?  Kirk Franklin ,  Yolanda Adams, Marvin Sapp , Tye Tribbett , Deitrick Haddon, Vickie Winans, Bebe and Cece Winans, Shirely Caesar, David and Tamela Mann to name a few.

In the process of attempting to be relevant to the world, to make church hip and cool, the gospel music industry has put the glory of God on new carts to win the world’s acceptance. Instead of relying on the Holy Spirit to convict lost sinners in the world to repent and be saved, acceptance and false love seems to be the goal. Gospel music is a means to the end of achieving that acceptance.

Defending Mary Mary’s worldly partnerships, a person commenting on Facebook said, “the church needs more relevant music that would draw young people”. That’s a major error circulating with black gospel devotees. It elevates music/entertainment over Jesus Christ and over scripture as the guide for so-called evangelism. But didn’t Jesus say if “I be lifted up from the earth I will draw all men unto Him.” Church folk have lifted up their gospel idols more than Jesus Christ, and the results reflect that.  It has produced a spiritually shallow,  carnal minded Christians.  The new cart method creates opposition to Five-Fold ministry which is the proper order of the Church to equip and edify the saints. Utimately, God’s gifts are to bring the body of Christ to maturity so that we’re not tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine. Music does have a place in the church, but it was not intended to  usurp the authority of Jesus Christ and his governmental gifts.

The proper order of music ministry

After the mess the gospel music industry has caused with its illegitimate “ministry”, concerned music ministers should seek to right the cart using God’s proper order within the Church.

1. Singers should sing unto the Lord, and should praise Him in the beauty of holiness(2 Chromicles 20:21). They should be separated from the world unto God. Both singers and musicians should have an inward disposition of reverence and purity, and resists all that offends the holy nature of God(1 Chronicles 16:29).

2. Songs sung in the House of God should be unto the Lord, and not for entertainment purposes to entertain the flesh and people(1 Chronicles 25:7). Songs that are sung should glorify God.

3.  True minstrels/musicians help set spiritual atmosphere for the supernatural which does not include thrill seeking song that appeal to the flesh (2 Kings 3:15).

4. Singing and the use of musical instruments being sung and played unto the Lord should be used for spiritual warfare (2 Chronicles 20:20-24; 1 Samuel 16:23).

5. The church should only accept  songs and music which are —like scripture— inspired by the  Holy Spirit ( Ephesians 5:19 ; 1 Chronicles 25:1-6).

6.  A difference between holy and unholy should always be the standard in music. Gospel music artist who claim to love God, should not partner with those who promote ungodliness, sexual immorality and use gratuitous profanity. (1 John 2:15-16 ; 2 Chronicles 19:2).

7.  The cult of celebrity should be destroyed as quickly as possible at its roots. True singers and musicians of God reflect Jesus and serve people, instead of  demanding service and accolades. (Mark 10:45).

8. Use singing and music to lead people into true sacrifice unto the Lord( Hebrews 13:15).

Pastors, leaders, church singers, and church musicians must repent from the new cart method, sanctify and follow the order of the Lord . To avoid God’s  judgment, HIS church must return to holy living.  Its a disgrace to our Lord to lead people into entertainment based false worship of people and gifts. Jesus wants back into your church. Now.

Two of the gospel music industry’s biggest names have jumped in bed with the gay christian movement and worse via another gospel reality show competition.

The reality show craze has hit the gospel music industry and like a whore after a john with a wad of cash, so far its been a match made in hell. And just like in the secular reality shows, this trend has a sinister and deadly twist.

How Sweet the Sound carries on the new —and lucrative— trend of secular companies providing a competitive platform for gospel music industry workers to show off their skills and win prizes. BET first launched  Sunday Best, with Kirk Franklin in the lead role. Not to be outdone, a gospel dance competition “Dance Saints Dance” was launched with Vickie Winans as host. That’s now followed by Verizon Wireless and its “How Sweet the Sound”, now in its second year. And don’t forget the grandpimp of them all, MacDonald’s GospelFest competition.

When the world sets the stage, you must play by their rules. Nobody’s god is any better than anybody else’s god. That’s the mentality of the world. So Verizon Wireless became the latest corporation to pimp out the whorish black gospel industry. To be sure, there will be more of both.

I lost all respect for the gospel music industry a long time ago. I’d rather jump off the Golden Gate bridge, than listen to the people who are wantonly helping to destroy the integrity of the church.

How Sweet the Sound ooozes sweetness. Hosted by the very sweet Donald Lawrence, its promises gospel industry choirs well…uh…money. And not much more than that really.

The Search for the Best Church Choir in America. We’re also thrilled that once again, Donald Lawrence will be returning as host and Marvin Sapp as judge and performer. This Verizon Wireless Experience is happening in eleven cities nationwide and your choir has the chance to win $10,000 in the regional event and up to $50,000 overall. After the regional events are over, all eleven choirs will join together for the grand finale. Here, all the choirs will compete for the chance to win over $25,000 in cash and prizes and the title of The Best Church Choir in America.

Here’s the catch. Because it is run by a secular, pluralistic company whose bottom line is money, there can be no restrictions on participants. That’s right it can be the Black Temple Church of Satan Mass Choir or Bethel Temple Church of God in Christ Choir. To Verizon Wireless, they’re all the same. Qualifications per Verizon:

The Choir must have a meaningful and consistent relationship with a church, temple, mosque or other similar religious organization (the “Religious Organization”). The Religious Organization must be a tax-exempt organization as described under sections 501(c)(3) and 170(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and must have a tax-exempt ID number;

And get this: at the end, whether you are believe in God or not,  are homosexual or youre just a mousy church choir member they will put all of you in a big mass choir together and sing the praises of some unknown “inspirational” god. Won’t that be grand? But even after knowing there will be no restrictions, church choirs from across the nation signed up and jumped in bed as fast as they could get their clothes off.

Did any of these church pastors review the non-criteria? Did any of them honestly have reservations about their church partnering with homosexual choirs and choirs from churches which DENY THE FINISHED WORK OF CHRIST ON  THE CROSS?

Among the 2009 finalists are three homosexual church choirs and two metaphysical/spiritualist church choirs:

Tabernacle Baptist Church, Atlanta
Metropolitan Community Church of Greater St Louis
Higher Heights Christian Church, St Louis
Hillside International Truth Center, Atlanta
East Bay Church Of Religious Science

Friends with the world? Enemies to God.

Look how far we’ve fallen. Its even a shame to mention that COGIC’s Dorinda Clark Cole and former Commissioned lead Marvin Sapp and the other celebrity gospel industry workers, are involved in this. And its no surprise that Donald Lawrence is hosting this. I fully expect him to be the next one to sit on Lexi’s gay couch and be “honest”. But this is observable evidence of just how widespread the compromise and outright rejection of God’s word is by his church.

The gospel music industry is hostile to God and should be fought on every front in the strongest possible terms. Their arrogance and compromise isn’t ushering in God’s Spirit and they are not ushering us into “his presence” as they claim. The gospel music industry is leading unsuspecting people into a room of demons, which are finding their way back into local churches.

When a homosexual pedophile with a prior conviction was caught by a Detroit TV station violating his parole restrictions, it turned out he was the same guy who was the lead dancer for Dorinda Clark-Cole. See the video below. Clark later played dumb and claimed she had no idea Baker was such a degenerate. How’s that for someone preaching all over the country and claiming to be highly anointed? Clark-Cole should be ashamed before God for opening the door and welcoming in this perversion. Then when God exposes it (and her connection to it) she plays dumb. Frankly, her music sounds like a porn track because she is singing with dirty hands and dirty lips.

Now, Clark is on round two of ushering strange fire into God’s church. How can anyone sit there with a straight face (or a clean heart) and give the thumbs up to a group of sexually immoral people? Perhaps even worse, those who deny the Lordship and divinity of our Lord Jesus?

The Word of the Lord is clear and these people have no excuse for partnering with the devil. If you think I’m being hard on her (and this equally applies to Marvin Sapp), then you may want to use a permanent marker and black this out of your bible:

You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. James 4:4

Yes, saints the false church with its false church ministers singing praises to their false god is in full effect. If you can still hear God’s voice,  come out of her lest you partake of the harlot church’s coming judgment.

Here is a full list of the churches participating in How Sweet the Sound. Do you know any of them? If so, please warn them to get out of this now.  If I were a pastor who had made the  grave error of allowing my church choir to participate in this multidimensional  abomination, I would immediately take them out and issue a public warning to others. No money is worth selling out to satan and his agenda.

Houston area
Greater St. Matthew Church
Resurrection Baptist Church
Royalwood Sanctuary UPC Choir
St Agnes Baptist Church
Christ Church UPC
Greater Emmanuel Apostolic Church
JOY Baptist Tabernacle Church
Word of Power International Fellowship Church

St Louis area
Faith Baptist Church
Metropolitan MBC
New Sunny Mount MBC
Liberty Community Worship Center
Church of the Resurrection
Tabernacle Of Praise SDA

Washington DC area
The Assemblies of the Emmanel Church
Ebenezer AME Church
Mt Ararat Baptist Church(Pittsburgh, PA)
Greater Mount Calvary Holy Church
Northeastern Church of God 7th Day
Little Mt. Zion Church of God
The Soul Factory Church
Southern Baptist Church Praise and Worship Center

Philadelphia area
Ford Memorial Temple
Lord’s House Ministries
Canaan Baptist Church
Calvary Baptist Church r
Green Grove Baptist Church
New Hope Revival Center COGIC
West Philadelphia SDA

New York area
All Nations Apostolic Tabernacle
Calvary Tabernacle of Hempstead
Marble Collegiate Church
Grace Baptist Church
Deliverance Baptist Church
Bethany Gospel Chapel
All Saints COGIC
Emmaus SDA

Detroit area
Christian Love Fellowship International Ministries
Second Ebenezer Church
The Calvary Church
New Hope Baptist Church
Wyoming Ave. Church of Christ
Praise Tabernacle (Grosse Pointe)
Conant Gardens SDA Church
Bethlehem Temple Church (Lansing)

Chicago area
Evangel World Outreach Center
New Covenant M.B. Church
Greater St John Bible Church
Faith Temple COGIC (Evanston)
God’s House of All Nations Church
Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church
Youth Center COGIC of Chicago
Redeem COGIC
Anointed Voices

Atlanta area
Atlanta West Pentecostal Church
Beulahland Bible Church )Macon)
Brown Chapel AME Church (Columbia, SC)
Springfield Missionary Baptist Church
The Way, the Truth, and the Life Christian Center
The HOPE Cathedral COGIC

Memphis area
Gloryland Family Fellowship Church (N Little Rock)
Holy City COGIC
Mt. Moriah East Baptist Church
Greater Community Temple COGIC
Bethel A.M.E. Chruch
Good Hope MBC
Melrose Baptist Church
Mt. Gilead Ministries

Los Angeles area
City of Refuge
Mt. Rubidoux Seventh-Day Adventist Church
New Direction Community COGIC
Christ Our Redeemer AME
Christian’s Community Center
St. Stephen Baptist Church
Valley Crossroads SDA Church

Oakland area
East Oakland Faith Deliverance Center
Genesis Worship Center
Jubilee Christian Center
Apostolic Community Life Choir
Mt. Zion Assemblies
The Pentecostals Of The Bay Area
Abundant Life Ministries, WLAC