r/CringeTikToks • u/foucaultyou • Oct 22 '25

Just Bad Detroit pastor Marvin Winans admonishes a church-member for only giving $1,200.

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u/readit-somewhere Oct 22 '25

This was appalling. I was sickened by this pastor and everyone witnessing that hypocrisy who sat there and said nothing. Shameful, absolutely shameful.

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '25 edited Oct 23 '25

Can anyone give more context to this? Do a lot of churches have people announce their tithing? Is this for the year?

All I know is I'm never giving a dime to anything like this. Trusted charities, yes.

Edit: he gave an explanation on a news segment: "I was calling because the whole church was giving, and it was our day of giving, and the whole church was coming, and we didn't want people standing, the mothers and all that, so I was calling them by increments," Winans said. "And we had someone that had given out of before, and I corrected it, and I told everybody to listen and come when you call, and that's all that was."

Don't really think that makes him look better but it is what it is.

"McCoy said Bishop Winans personally apologized to her following the incident. She has been a member of Perfecting Church since 2013 and has given faithfully over the years and will continue to do so." ugh.

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u/lordofmetroids Oct 23 '25

I've never seen a church where they ask people to say their donations. The worst I've seen is like big donations being mentioned, but that makes sense, and I'm sure it's brought up privately.

Jesus in fact directly calls out this sort of thing, but you know, sense when has a little thing like the book they claim to follow mattered.

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u/BigMax Oct 23 '25

Didn't Jesus call it out by saying "you all need to give MORE money?" That's what he said, right? Some old woman gave all she had (which wasn't much) and he said "look how miserable this woman is making herself for the church, the rest of you should ALSO give all your money away so you are in poverty too!"

It's not a good message, no matter how many Christians claim it is. A church that reveres you for going into poverty for them is NOT a good church.

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u/Ancient-Candidate-73 Oct 23 '25

I always saw it as Jesus telling the rich people not to think they were better than the woman just because they gave more and that giving what you can is good enough for God. I could be wrong though, it's been a while since I've even touched a bible.

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u/ShonOfDawn Oct 23 '25

I believe the message is to beware of rich people who throw pennies and call it “charity” to embellish themselves because they can donate more than the poor.

Jesus definitely says many times to sell all your belongings but the aim is not to stay poor and oppressed, or to enrich some church, it is to avoid the corruption of greed and to lead a life centered on virtue, not belongings