Ex-rapper turned born-again Christian, Kanye West has suffered his first rejection as an aspiring ‘preacher’ as an Atlanta Church,New Birth Missionary Baptist Church turns down the donation he made to them and redirected it elsewhere, xxlmag had reported.
The report added that the Atlanta Church which is well known to Kanye West, stated that their rejection of the donation was due to the pro-Donald Trump remarks Kanye West made at a Sunday Service event in Salt Lake City, Utah in October 5th.
Church Pastor, Jamal Bryant explained that Kanye gave a large donation to his ministry after his performance there back in September. In his subsequent video, Bryant issued a statement saying that he’s redirecting Kanye’s contribution to Morris Brown College because of Ye’s support of Trump, xxlmag stated further.
Quoting the Pastro Bryant, the report stated that when confirming the incident, the pastor said:
“To say that you unashamedly support Donald Trump…he called the mother continent of Africa a collection of s-hole nations. Smacking the entire diaspora in the year of the anniversary of the year of the return,” Bryant said.
“I don’t align with the statements of Kanye West. I don’t endorse it, nor do I subscribe to it. And I am not a runaway slave. To that end, Mr West made a significant donation to New Birth Cathedral. But I do not want to be guilty of double speech. I met with my team today and the donation that he made to our church, I am now redirecting. I’m going to be giving that donation he gave to Morris Brown College.”
On Oct. 13, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution confirmed Bryant’s plans. Morris Brown is the HBCU that Kanye’s mom, the late Dr Donda West, taught at as a professor. Bryant felt this was the best way to honour her legacy at the school.
“I know what Donda West represented while at Morris Brown and her mind for African American literature was to empower, equip and engage students to be something radical that could change community and change society,” Bryant told AJC.
No words yet from the camp of Kanye West, who is still battling to get the trademark for ‘Sunday Service’ as he plans big for his new mission.
This news also shows that despite Kanye West saying he is now a fully born-again Christian, the people especially the African-American communities are not too quick to forget or forgive all his pro-Trump comments and embrace the ‘new Kanye’, even with his ‘Jesus Is King’ album coming up…lol
He also needs them to push his new agenda of a ‘preacher’ as the church business is a very sensitive issue, and him not backing down on his Pro-Trump agenda, is likely to make most people see his ‘born-again’ Christianity claim as a big joke…we are watching to see what happens next.