As in “The Kingdom”: the evangelical pastor asked his faithful for more donations to “accelerate” the coming of Jesus | the Chronicle

An evangelical pastor from Louisiana, United States, generated thousands of reviews after asking his followers to donate more money to “accelerate” the arrival of jesus. The pastor’s statements were made during a live televised event.

“I honestly believe this: the reason Jesus didn’t come is that people don’t give the way God told them to give.”Says in a video clip the named pastor Jesse Duplantis, while giving a televised evangelistic event, which has gone viral on social media.

The main objective of the evangelical-Christian meeting was toraise funds for the construction of new television studios in “last generation”, to better transmit “word” of God. However, the way the pastor expressed himself drew strong criticism in the evangelical community and among people who do not belong to this religion.

On social networks, some Internet users described the preacher as “False prophet”, while other users have told him that he knows that “Jesus will not return”but what did I know “How to take advantage of people’s desperation”commented a Twitter user. “Jesus doesn’t care about the money […] beware of this false doctrine “ of the pastor, another Internet user alerted on the networks.

Despite the fact that Duplantis is the richest pastor in the world, with a net worth of $ 300 millionAccording to the International Business Times, the priest was also criticized in early September for having “Not doing enough” to help communities affected by Hurricane Ida.

According to NBC News, St. Charles Parish, home to Duplantis Covenant Church, was one of the areas hardest hit by the storm. In a video posted on Facebook by the evangelical ministry itself, Duplantis and his wife said they donated $ 100,000 in generators.

In 2018, Christian Post reported that Duplantis received strong reviews, but this time for asking for donations for the purchase of a private plane for the Church, with a value of $ 54 million. At the time, Duplantis was justifying the donation campaign, claiming that God told him he should have a new plane, but not pay for it.

Faced with criticism, the pastor made it clear that he was not asking for monetary donations, but that he was asking people to join him. That way God would provide him with a plane. At that time, the Money media reported that his assets amounted to 50 million and that he already had three planes for personal use.