00:00Bishop Marvin Winans scolds Detroit church member for donating $1,200 instead of $2,000 during fundraiser.
00:09A Detroit church service led by Bishop Marvin L. Winans has gone viral after a short video showed him reprimanding a member for donating $1,200 instead of $2,000 during a fundraising drive at Perfecting Church.
00:23The clip, recorded by an attendee and first shared on Facebook on October 19th, quickly spread across Instagram, Threads, and X, sparking criticism of Winans' handling of the moment and raising fresh questions about how far pastors should go in pushing congregations to meet financial goals.
00:40According to witnesses, the member had contributed $1,200 toward the Building Fund Pledge but fell short of the $2,000 goal Winans had called for.
00:49The offering was part of a long-running campaign to finish Perfecting Church's new building on 7 Mile Road and Woodward Avenue, a project that began in 2002 but remains incomplete.
01:02A member of the legendary Winans family, he built Perfecting Church from a small Bible study in 1989 into one of Detroit's most prominent congregations.
01:12Within hours, the clip drew tens of thousands of views and hundreds of comments.
01:16This is why people stop going to church, pastors acting like bill collectors, one commenter wrote.
01:23The combination of decades-long building projects and digital exposure has made financial accountability a recurring flashpoint across megachurches nationwide.
01:31Clips like this go viral because people see their own experiences in it, one commentator on Threads wrote.
01:36While Perfecting Church has not issued an official statement as of this writing, the incident has reignited conversations about church money culture across social platforms.
01:47Accountability is fine, but not on a microphone.
01:50Observers expect Winans may address the backlash directly in an upcoming sermon, something he's done before when facing controversy.
01:57Either way, the message is clear.
01:59In the current era, even a $1,200 donation can come with a cost, especially when the sermon microphone never turns off.
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