Daniel Whyte III Gives 5 Unknown Reasons God Has Blessed the Life and Ministry of the Weird Millennial Preacher Judah Smith –Responding to the Mail Online Exposé as he is Taking Some Heat For Standing Firmly Against the Abomination of Homosexuality, Insisting on People Who Work at His Church Tithing, and Trying to Help a Brother Out of a Bad Situation. These Things Are Biblical. Whyte says: As Long as a Man Stands With the Bible, he Will Stand With Him Even Though They May Disagree on Some Minor Things.
Daniel Whyte III says, While Not My Cup Of Tea (With the Open-neck “Sexy” Shirts, Weird Baggy Clothes, and Preaching With a Toboggan on His Head, Judah Smith’s Dad, Wendell, Would Never Appear in the Pulpit Like That; Watch Judah’s Dad, Wendell, Preach Below. Whyte Still Says if a Sportscaster For a Nasty, Filthy, Bloody Sport Like Football Has to Dress in a Shirt and Tie, Surely the Man of God Ought to Dress Similarly), God is Blessing Judah Smith in His Generation With Millennials and Gen-Zers For 5 Reasons With 1 Major Mistake:
1. He Comes From a Great Christian Family.
2. He Truly Loved and Honored His Father, Who Was Greater Than He Is.
3. He Has Taken a Strong Biblical Stand Against the Abomination of Sodomy/Homosexuality by Saying He Believes That Being Gay Was a “Sin” That’s on the Same Level as “Rape and Murder.” He Said This When Other Young Popular Pastors, Such as Carl Lentz and Andy Stanley, Were Compromising and Becoming Homosexual-Affirming Pastors.
4. He Finally Handled the Difficult Braylon Oliver Matter With the Right Balance, not Buying Into the WOKE Philosophy That the Woman is Always Right When Accusing a Man of Something, and Being Willing to Give Him a Second Chance and Not Having His Life Ruined, but Ultimately For the Good of the Church, Letting Him Go.
5. Whyte Says the Only Mistake Judah Smith Made Was Introducing Justin Bieber to Carl Lentz. Thank God he Was Able to Recover Justin Bieber From the Snare of Satan. Pray For Judah Smith to Not Compromise and Become Great Like His Father for the Glory of God. By the Way, Have You Ever Heard Judah Smith’s Father, Wendell Smith, Preach? If Not Listen Below:
Mail Online: From one controversial pastor to another: Meet Judah Smith, the Churchome leader Justin Bieber has turned to after parting ways with Carl Lentz, and whose church hired someone accused of rape and was sued for forcing staff to donate 10 per cent of wages
- Justin, 29, was spotted grabbing dinner with Judah, 45, over the weekend
- FEMAIL took a look into their friendship – and Judah’s scandalous past
- His church hired someone accused of rape and was sued by a past employee
Wendell Smith, Judah Smith’s father preaching “From Now On”
When Hillsong leader Carl Lentz was kicked out of the church after it was brought to light that he had been unfaithful to his wife, it was a scandal that shocked more than just worshippers.
The pastor, who co-founded Hillsong in 2010, had not only transformed his religious group into a massive celebrity-loved megachurch, but he had also become a star in his own right along the way, gaining hundreds of thousands of followers on social media and mingling with some of Hollywood’s most elite, including Justin Bieber, who once referred to him as his ‘second father.’
But Carl’s elite status was quickly ripped away from him after his tumultuous affair was brought to light in 2020. Justin, 29, distanced himself from Carl amid the fallout, and confirmed he was no longer a part of Hillsong months later – and the rest of his celebrity pals quickly followed suit.
Three years after the explosive scandal, it now looks like Justin has found a new pastor as he and his wife, Hailey Bieber, were seen getting dinner with Churchome leader Judah Smith in Los Angeles over the weekend – but the 45-year-old has had his own fair share of controversies.
Three years after the explosive scandal, it now looks like Justin has found a new pastor as he and his wife, Hailey Bieber, were seen getting dinner with Churchome leader Judah Smith in Los Angeles over the weekend – but the 45-year-old has had his own fair share of controversies.
But also like Carl, Judah does not have a squeaky clean reputation. He was once accused of homophobia after he made a series of eyebrow-raising comments in which he said he believed that being gay was a ‘sin’ that’s on the same level as ‘rape and murder.’
His church has also been slammed for hiring someone that was previously accused of rape, and the organization once faced an allegation of protecting abusers by a woman who claimed she was encouraged not to go to the police when she was sexually assaulted by a church intern.
One Churchome employee is also in the midst of suing the organization after she claimed she and other staffers were forced to donate 10 per cent of their wages back to the church or they’d face termination.
With Judah and Churchome’s long list of controversies and ongoing legal woes, Judah seems like an odd choice for Justin to be turning to after cutting ties with disgraced pastor Carl.
But it turns out, Judah and Justin’s bond goes back long before the singer was even famous, as his mom was a huge fan of Judah’s teachings and would even play them for Justin when he was a kid.
As Justin and Judah are spotted dining together, FEMAIL dug into the duo’s friendship, as well as Judah’s scandalous past.
Take a look into the preacher’s journey and uncover how he turned his dad’s church into a multi-million dollar phenomenon.
Judah, who grew up in Seattle, Washington, knew he wanted to be a pastor from a young age, since he ‘came from a long line of preachers.’
His dad, Wendell Smith, founded Churchome more than three decades ago in 1992, originally calling it The City Church.
According to Marie Claire, it started with just over 20 members and by the time Wendell passed it down to Judah in 2009, it was up to about 7,000 members.
But when Judah took over, he told Daily Beast in 2019 that he realized the way that his dad was running things was no longer ‘sustainable.’
He became determined to push the boundaries of ‘organized religion’ and ‘question’ some of the old-fashioned ‘customs and traditions’ that he realized were ‘not essential for a life of faith.’
For years, Judah continued on what his dad had started, but he knew he wanted to do more.
His wife, Chelsea – who he married in 1999 and has co-lead the church with him since his dad stepped down – then suggested they head to Los Angeles to try to get through to the stars, an idea that came to her after she ‘had an epiphany’ while reading a gossip magazine on the toilet and realizing that ‘celebrities could benefit’ from their teachings.
‘I felt such a deep sense of compassion. It was a moment of feeling the heartbreak and the pain [celebrities feel] of achieving your dreams and realizing that you’re still empty and the unique type of hopelessness that that is,’ she recalled to Marie Claire.
Source: Daily Mail Online
