A Louisiana pastor who has already received criticism for holding in-person church services is now urging people to donate their coronavirus stimulus checks to evangelists.
According to the NY Post, Rev. Tony Spell went to social media with a new online challenge
#PastorSpellStimulusChallenge, imploring his followers to hand over their money because churches have been starved of “offerings” amid the pandemic, he said in a video posted to YouTube on Wednesday.
“Donate it to evangelists, North American evangelists who haven’t had an offering in a month; missionaries, who haven’t had an offering in a month; music ministers, who haven’t had an offering in a month,” Spell proclaimed in the video.
He then tells viewers the challenge starts on Sunday and that they can donate their money via his website, just like he is doing.
“I’m donating my entire stimulus, $1,200,” he says. “My wife is donating her stimulus, $1,200. My son is donating his stimulus, $600.”
