The Detroit-based pastor people accused of doing a bunch of hootin’ and hollerin’ through the inaugural prayer this week posted a message following the occasion to his supporters. He wasn’t precisely asking for tithes and choices however he did ask for assist for his shocking new monetary enterprise.
Pastor Lorenzo Sewell of 180 Church cited Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech within the latter finish of an brisk, civil rights speech of a prayer for President 47. He already acquired various backlash feedback on social media upon the video of what some referred to as a “efficiency” as people dragged him for his theatrical hand gestures and vocal growls.
Following the prayer and upon the tide roll of consideration he acquired, he posted a video to social media selling his new enterprise enterprise: crypto. Particularly, he’s referencing the so-called “memecoins” that had been launched across the inauguration however are identified to be dangerous given their flimsy reliability and lack of intrinsic worth, per Bridge Detroit.
“I would like you to go purchase the official Lorenzo Sewell coin. I need you to have the ability to see politics change into manifest not simply in a means the place we’re praying over political gatherings however we’re seeing us changing into the arms and the ft of the Lord Jesus Christ. Will you assist me?” mentioned the pastor within the video.
Sewell mentioned within the video the coin can be going towards what wanted to be carried out within the ministry similar to executing plans for transportation, housing, schooling and medical sources.
“I would like you to do me a favor and go and get that coin in an effort to accomplish the imaginative and prescient that God has referred to as us to do within the Earth. I give God glory for what He has carried out however we all know that [Martin Luther] King’s dream can solely be fulfilled if we acknowledge that persons are dwelling in a nightmare,” he mentioned.
People on social media had damaging reactions (to say the VERY least) to his announcement – as most individuals do to any pastor who opens the ground for donations. Nevertheless, they got here down his block dangerous.
“Pastor Lorenzo Sewell, who simply gave a prayer at Donald Trump’s inauguration earlier, is now hyping his cryptocurrency token whereas speaking about Jesus in the identical breath. What a vile pretend Christian who’s in all probability gonna rug pull whoever’s dumb sufficient to purchase his sh*tcoin,” wrote one X person.
“Stealing from the poor is an affront to the Gospel,” wrote one other person. One other particular person referred to as him cheaper than Judas.
Based on Bridge Detroit, the worth of the pastor’s coin was at a fraction of a penny when he promoted it after the inauguration. After 24 hours, the report says the coin’s worth spiked then dropped again to the fraction. Per his newest submit, Sewell’s coin is locked in at 42M till the yr 2070 (no matter which means). I’ll guess we’ll must see if the gimmick works out for him.