"He stepped aside and tried to make a few calls. Hugging his daughter and grabbing his head, you could tell he was heartbroken. This woman next to him at the front counter heard the whole thing."
"I could feel hot, salty tears coming down my face. I sat and cried silently... I was scrunching myself up against the wall as far as I could. All of a sudden, someone from behind us taps on the guy’s shoulder..."
Maryland pastor Rudolph Brooks Jr., who is the senior pastor and founder of Washington, D.C.’s Kingdom Tabernacle of Restoration Ministries, has been charged with fraudulently obtaining $1.5 million in Payback Protection Program (PPP) loans.
“I believe the global COVID-19 pandemic, political and economic uncertainty, and the reality of racism and injustice have eroded peoples’ trust in the things of this world.”
“I know there is much to be fearful of, much to mourn about the state of faith in this world, but take heart my friend—Jesus is building his Church, and the gates of hell have not, nor will they, frustrate his plans for her.”
The church’s senior pastor said that he has “never seen anything like this before in my life” after seeing 1,051 people baptized over the last 16 weeks.
