Tyler Perry donated $100,000 to Pastor Marvin Winans’ church after the backlash the pastor received for publicly criticizing Roberta McCoy’s $1,235 donation.
The video from Detroit’s Perfecting Church showed Pastor Winans stop Ms. McCoy and rebuke her for not following his instructions to come up and donate $2,000 when she’s called.
Bishop Marvin Winans goes viral after criticizing a woman and her son in front of the entire church for donating $1,200 instead of $2,000 during a fundraiser ?
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McCoy later dismissed the controversy. She said the pastor did not rebuke her, he simply corrected her.
“He absolutely did not rebuke me,” McCoy explained. “Now there’s a difference. There was a correction because let me clearly state that pastor gave instruction on the lines to get into.”
She added: “There was a correction, not a rebuke.”
Winans, who has a recurring role in the hit TV sitcom “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” announced Perry’s generous gift during Sunday’s church service.
“Folks started calling up from other states saying ‘I’ve got to give on this!'”
Winans said Perry was one of the donors who offered a large gift to the church.
