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Pastor Johnnie Clark and First Lady Harriet Clark…

This morning when you go to church, I want you to lift up Pastor Johnnie Clark of Rehoboth United Assemblies Church in Columbia, South Carolina in prayer as he finds himself in jail this Sunday morning…What did the PASTOR do to find himself in jail you are probably asking? Did he steal something? No. Did he have a bunch of traffic tickets? No. Was he a public menace? You’re getting closer…

Pastor Clark is in jail this morning because the church’s praise and worship has violated the city’s noise ordinance as reported by the church’s neighbors…According to the article “Pastor Gets Jail Time for Noisy Church” by Steven Dial, wltx.com, Columbia police officers have been dispatched more than 50 times to the church for violating the ordinance and now Pastor Clark is in jail for TWO WEEKS!!! He was found guilty in a jury trial…

Pastor Clark and his wife, First Lady Harriet Clark, were quoted as saying, “I can’t believe it, jail time, for serving God, what’s next.”

To read the entire story, go to wltx.com.

So quite honestly, a part of me wants to laugh because it so outrageous that a pastor has been put in jail for his church’s praise and worship, another part of me admires that their praise and worship was so on fire that the church’s neighbors had no choice but to listen, and another part of me wonders if Christians have become unfair targets…What say you?

I don’t know where this question originated or who initially asked the question, but this question is an awesome question to ask ourselves every once in a while…

If you were accused of being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you?

Obviously there would be enough evidence for Pastor Clark and his church…at least as far as praise and worship is concerned…

Any thoughts?

Hello World,

As the daughter, granddaughter and niece of pastors, I’ve been to as many white churches as I have been to black churches in my lifetime…And I hate to say this, most white churches have similar characteristics and most black churches have similar characteristics (at least the ones that I have been to.) Well, Lexi Allen, comedian and singer, and her partner Pam Henry have made a hilarious video that highlights those stereotypical differences….

For example, the video starts with praise and worship at the white church which is named Love Heart Friendship of Christ International. Amber & Chelsea lead the praise and worship starting promptly at 9:45 a.m. While over at the black church Little Rock Deliverance of Faith Right Way Zion of Hope Pentecostal Baptist Church, praise and worship starts at 10:45 a.m., but Sis. Greta Jackson and Sis. Jaela Butler, the praise and worship leaders, don’t show up until 11:47…HIGHlarious! I won’t tell you anymore….See for yourself….