Furtick Prepares His Church for News Report About His 16,000 SF "Not That Great of a House" Mansion

Steven Furtick, the pastor of Elevation Church in Charlotte, NC, <a href="http://thewartburgwatch.com/2013/10/02/steven-furtick-hiding-his-light-under-a-bundle/" target="_blank">is building a 16,000 square foot mansion</a> - and according to Furtick an investigative reporter is asking questions about where the money came from.<br /><br />In the middle of his sermon on "suffering" last week, Furtick told his church how HE is suffering for the Lord: by having to endure an investigative reporter ask questions about the financing of his mansion. Wow, the pain and suffering of mega church pastors - how DO they endure such hardships? They must really love Jesus to suffer so much.<br /><br />Watch the excerpt below from this sermon:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="375" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/76254030" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/76254030">Furtick is Suffering for Jesus: Enduring the Questions of a Reporter About His Mansion</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user4054328">FBCJax Watchdog</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>In the video you saw that Furtick is preparing his congregation for the investigative report by claiming the reporter "wants to make our church look bad", and characterizes him as "a guy who might not like us."<br /><br />It will be interesting if the investigative reporter gets anyone at Elevation to talk -  since Furtick's  church requires members and volunteers to sign a  "Confidentiality Agreement", that prohibits anyone from disclosing:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>"...the Church's finances, <span style="color: red;">including personal financial/salary information related to the staff</span>, the Church's financial statements, balance sheets, offerings information, cash flow, forecasts, and cost analyses."</b></i></span></div><br />And I'll leave you from a quote from Steven's Emmy-worthy performance on his <a href="http://fbcjaxwatchdog.blogspot.com/2011/03/crybaby-pastors-part-3-steven-furtick.html" target="_blank">"Hey Hater's" video</a>, that I think accurately depicts the disdain that Furtick must have for a pesky reporter who wants answers to his questions about a local pastor building a mansion:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>"Fall back! It's a new day! 'Cause we're not looking for approval from you, who give no respect and never neglect the chance to complain. Are you going to criticize, or create? Waste your time, casting stones, breaking bones, belittling everyone you consider opposed?...<span style="color: red;">A new light has dawned to still the tongue of the cynic</span>..."</b></i></span></div><br />Yes, a new light has dawned at Elevation Church, all right. It is the light of the free press, and the light of the inquisitive mind of an investigative reporter who has questions, and who wants answers.<br /><br />Let your light shine, Mr. Investigative Reporter. Don't hide it under a bushel, let it shine, let is shine.

Furtick Prepares His Church for News Report About His 16,000 SF "Not That Great of a House" Mansion

Steven Furtick, the pastor of Elevation Church in Charlotte, NC, is building a 16,000 square foot mansion - and according to Furtick an inv...

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