James Gailliard is a Democrat Politician and the Senior Pastor of Word Tabernacle Church in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, a multi-campus megachurch once named in the top 100 fastest-growing churches in America. They had a conference recently, and Dr. Eric Mason of Woke Church was one of the speakers.
In a recent sermon, following the beating killing of Tyre Nichols by five police officers, Gailliard manipulates his congregation. First, he teaches the heresy that the gospel is justification by faith and social justice. Then he claims if the congregants don’t tithe, they are ‘perpetuating the Tyre Nichols situations of our society.’
I did not personally watch the videos, because I needed to be able to preach to y’all without being an angry black man. And so I personally was not able to look at them. What I will tell you is that the answer has always been, and always will be, God using the African American church as an agent of moral and cultural change in our community. It has always been that, it will always be that.
And so and when I say the African American church, I’m not talking about a church of only black people. I’m talking about a church that understands that the gospel is justification by faith and social justice. And so whether those are black, brown or white people that embrace that, when we embrace that, and we give and recognize that we don’t live by bread alone, but by our giving, we provide a voice. We provide funding to the voice of change.
And so when we don’t give, particularly to African American churches, or churches that believe that the gospel is justification by faith and social justice, when I do not give to those environments, I am perpetuating the Tyre Nichols situations of our society.
So don’t be angry about it if you’re not gonna fund the voice of change. And that’s what giving is about. That is what is about. And so by your generosity, Kyle talked about scholarshipping people. By your generosity I’m able to stand on your behalf and speak truth to power because the people I got to speak to don’t keep our lights on, y’all do., and y’all provide us with that volume and that ability.
And so as we give today, I want you to be mindful of that. I want to thank you in advance for your generosity. And I want us to keep giving and giving generously.
