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30 Times Preachers Got Exposed On This IG Page That Made People Really Question Their Morals
Do you care if a person has a taste for designer labels and hefty price tags? What if they're the ones telling you to choose a modest lifestyle?
The Instagram account PreachersNSneakers offers a glimpse into the world of faith and fashion by pairing images of pastors sporting high-end clothing items with their eye-watering costs.
Created by Ben Kirby, the social media project reminds us to stay vigilant about whose advice we choose to follow, as a person's choices can render their words questionable, at the very least.
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#1
Pastor Tobi Adegboyega Oh So Thankful To Be Wrapped In The Louis V Shearling Blouson
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#2
Pastor Guillermo Maldonado Absolutely Suede In The Spirit Rocking This LV Denim Jacket
The last time we featured PreachersNSneakers, Kirby said that faith leaders should surround themselves with people who can be honest with them and point out the mistakes in their judgement, should they occur.
"Many churches today are led by one pastor couple with no elders or leadership team on the same level, that’s asking for trouble. Being a pastor is a tough job; it’s an immense calling to lead others spiritually. Why wouldn’t you put as many safeguards in place to help you stay above reproach?" he wondered then.
#3
Pastor Toure Roberts In The All-Terrain Lex McQ’s. Probably Easy To Keep Clean
#4
Dr. Dharius Daniels Accessorizing With Prayer And A Lil Fendi
#5
I Think Big Tymers Had A Song About Prophet Passion’s Fit
𝖊𝖜𝖔𝛋 10 months ago
Proof money doesn’t buy class. Most of these clothes are hideous. They can afford the best clothes in the world (from scamming and ripping people off) and they choose these garish outfits. Flaunting their wealth. Kind of ironic isn’t it. These people are ugly, inside and out.
According to the founder of the project, if you're an active member of your local church and you donate to the ministry, it's perfectly reasonable to ask questions about how the organization is "saving, spending, and giving that money."
"If you ... get a wishy-washy answer with no real reporting, you should ask yourself why," he noted.
"On a more macro level, I think a time is coming where massive church organizations will at least be required to provide more detailed financial reporting to the government or some other governing authority. So many churches have enormous donation revenues (hundreds of millions of dollars), commercial real estate holdings, and licensing income that seemingly have no reporting requirements compared to a for-profit business."
#6
Worship Artist Dante Bowe Staying On Mega-Solid Ground In The Prada Lug Sole Loafs
#7
Pastor Lusko Brought Out The YSL Shearling Fit For Pashion ‘22
JuniorCJ82 10 months ago
You have to be a special kind of stupid to willingly buy a $3000 denim jacket.
#8
Verified Pastor Robert Madu All Smiles And Lanvin Shoe Laces On The Transformation Church Stage Of All Places
I heart Boo-BI-es 10 months ago
That fact that they are so ugly, on top of being ridiculously expensive makes this so much worse of a sin.
#9
Pastor Mike Todd Ready For Nba Season In The Lv X Nba Bball Shorts
Glasofruix 10 months ago
1000 bucks just to be a walking ad with a brand name stitched across your balls?
Kirby's own relationship with Jesus, his wife, and his community has helped keep his faith strong despite some greedy members of the clergy.
"Getting insults from other Christians for ... years didn’t exactly make me feel great, but it caused me to really dig into why I believe what I believe and learn to place my worth in what God says about me and not what others have to say," he shared.
"I’ll just say that I’m grateful to have the opportunity to help others push for a more authentic faith and representation of Jesus to the outside world. I didn’t do this in a perfect way and definitely don’t have all the answers, but am trying my best."
#10
Pastor Mike Todd In The Yeezy 750 Gardening Classics
#11
Flyin Back A Couple Years To Pastor Crank Doin His Thing In First Class With Some Ow Air Prestos
#12
Astor Todd Giving A Bit Of Cybertruck In These Balenciaga Rhino Boots
#13
Pastor Mike Todd At Vous Conference ‘22 In The Incomparable Off White Af1 Lows
#14
Throwin It Back To Some Houston V. Houston Action In The Gucci Aces
#15
Pastor Mike Throwing A Fit With The Lv Dopp Kit/Yeezy Combo
#16
Pastor Keion In The Top To Bottom Off White Vestments
Nae who and where 10 months ago
I mean, yeah it's bad he's spending that much on clothing....but not as bad some of the others on this list.
#17
Pastor Mike Maybe Workshoppin Some Sermon Illustrations With Pastor Craig In The Nike Air Fogs
#18
$350 And Prob Air-Dry Only
#19
Pastor Ron Carpenter Rocking Those Balenciagas, The Ones That Resemble Those Things You Wear On Your Feet Prior To Donning Shoes
#20
Bishop Td Jakes With The New Louis V Laptop Bag Du Jour
#21
Pastor Mike Todd Taking Full Advantage Of That Dsquared2 Sale
#23
Pastor Stephen R Chandler Also At Elevation In The Off White Af1s
#24
Elevation Church Pastor Steven Furtick About To Quote The Bible In The Rrl Fleece Paneled Denim Jacket
Lunaofthenest (She/they) 10 months ago
"The Bible says- that if your neighbor is cold, give him your shirt" (paraphrase, obviously) so does anyone think he's giving these clothes to the needy after sermons? 🤣 The needy probably didn't want them either.
#25
Pastor Todd Goin Electric In The Off White Volts
EP 10 months ago
These people are performers and the sheep are buying into the prayer aspect and are followers of this celebrity that the pastor created of himself. That’s why he needs designer and coolness, to keep his star status. They don’t want to worship a poor man. They want to worship a celebrity.
#26
Dr. Mike Freeman With Bible, Speed And Momentum
#27
Take Me Down To The Maverick City, Where The Kicks Are…
#28
Throwin It Back To One Of The Classic Pastorsnmultipleprivatejets, Creflo Dollar And His Clean Gucci Belt
#29
Gospel Superstar Kirk Franklin With The Gucci Socksnstocks Combo
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What do you think ?
Greenmantle 10 months ago
And we haven't even gotten to the jewellery and the private planes yet.
Bernd Herbert 10 months ago
And rarely was the demand to „tax the rich“ as fitting as it is for these guys
George Costanza 10 months ago
These people are not men of any god. They're con men, plain and simple.
Donna Peluda 10 months ago
It's the only institution ever to exist where no one has ever worked and the riches of the church is incalculable. I know a guy work as an accountant for a Diocese here in Spain. They own countless land and properties that they rent out. They don't pay tax and don't have to be audited like an NGO has to. FFS we had a cultural association and we had to file taxes. In Spain the church receives circa € 300,000,000.00 from the state and doesn't have to justify a penny. It's disgusting but even more is that people are stupid enough to give them money.
Ashtray 10 months ago
How people can give these supposed men of God money and see how it is spent is beyond me. The money they are spending on ugly clothes could be used for people who actually need help and the people Jesus would be helping. A lot of people on this list will be surprised when they aren't welcomed in God's kingdom.
MezzoPiano 10 months ago
Cool, BP. Now do one on all the pastors who are working two jobs to make ends meet while also donating their own time and money to the church. Do one on all the churches that are out there practicing what they preach. Do one on all the religious charities and organizations that are standing in the gaps to fight poverty and all sorts of injustice. Talk about how often religious people come out of the woodwork to help when there's been a disaster. Talk about how religious people are more generous with their time and money than non-religious people. (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/am-i-right/201912/religion-and-generosity) Talk about how religious people are happier and more active in their communities. (https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2019/01/31/religions-relationship-to-happiness-civic-engagement-and-health-around-the-world/) Stop just going after the low-hanging fruit and trying to paint all religious people with this brush.
Wintermute 10 months ago
This is fun and all, and I'm certainly not religious, but someone really ought to put together a list of the holy people who aren't wearing Gucci and actually walking the walk. I bet the list will be much bigger.
Blondie23 10 months ago
So... in order to look down to earth and like they are just one of the crowd... they dress mroe "casual" but their version of casual costs thousands of dollars and the people attending these "worships" don't realize that. This is sick. And one of many reasons why I got the hell out of religion!!!!!
Tammilee Truitt 10 months ago
I have an urge to hunt them down with a $1000 jewel encrusted sports bottle filled with red kool-aid
Richard Graham 10 months ago
The joke is on them. All of these status-name-brand wildly-overpriced items are quite ugly.
CanadianDimes 10 months ago
Most of us know they are hypocrites and it's no surprise to us. It's unlikely to shake their congregants blind faith because it's justifiable somehow (with a lot of mental gymnastics, of course). I'd be thrilled to see their own parishioners calling them out en masse, but I'm not holding my breath.
UpupaEpops 10 months ago
Not trying to bash America, but sure as hell this s**t ain't happening in Europe. I mean, historically, people did try and pay their way into heaven somewhere during the Middle Ages but even the Catholic Church has toned it down a couple notches since then.
Hey! 10 months ago
My ex-husband, who was a pastor at the time, wore Florsheim and nothing else. We lived on donations... Florsheim-...d4de90.jpg 
Stckynote 10 months ago
i went to high school with Michael Todd. did not see him becoming a pastor.....
Human #1,232,867 10 months ago
So they get these cloth for free from the brand to promote them. And you guys are publishing these picture to keep advertising for the brand? Mmmm let me think about that. I guess the brand is the winner here.
Kirsty Jackowski 10 months ago
Depending on taxation laws in your country some allow for clothing to be a tax deduction for Pastors.
LaserBrain 10 months ago
It's always fascinated me, how people can believe in religion and "religious leaders." I grew up in the church myself, my dad was a pastor. It was when I was in my teens that I looked around and at the teachings, and thought "wait... All this is a load of BS..." A character created by the author Robert E Howard once summed it up nicely-- "I heed not the words of those who claim to speak on behalf of the gods."
talliloo 10 months ago
and, sadly, there are those who in their respective flocks that would defend them. no minister, preacher, etc., needs to wear such expensive clothing. nor do they need multi million dollar homes, private jets or air conditioned dog houses. this also go for the vatican and all their wealth. there is an old movie 'the shoes of the fisherman' that ends up having the newly appointed pope make the decision to liquidate all of the church's wealth and give it to the world in the areas of need. no religion needs to have such wealth.
Michael Largey 10 months ago
Question: Who are the unprincipled greedy rip-off artists here - the preachers or the garment sellers?
Ionescu Popa 10 months ago
thank u, bp, for sharing with us the real problems of the church today: its not prosperity theology, a religious aberration, its not the transformation of churches into corporation and neither the mega churches, a deep state mass indoctrination and non-denominalizing instrument, its the coloreds wearing shiny clothes, worth ten times less than a white preacher's watch.
Brett Layton 10 months ago
Im so out of touch with these things, the most expensive clothing i own is my one good suit from Hugo Boss, it cost about $1000 for the suit. I cannot justify spending $1000 on a pair of sneakers
Israel Martinez 10 months ago (edited)
Can't really be mad because I'm not the sucker in the congregation financing their lifestyles ... I knew it was a scam when I saw Hezekiah Walker in a fur coat ... I won't even get into Creflo Dollar's Rolls Royce and G650 ... lest we forget how long it took Osteen to open the doors to his church after a devastating hurricane ...
Phil Boswell 10 months ago
There is the outside chance that some of these were donated by wealthy members of the congregation, in which case you would hope that they were thanked loudly and publicly—without mentioning their names—to keep everything open and above board. I'm not rating that chance as high, though…
Douglas Tucker 10 months ago
Simply put, there are far too many (Educators, Entertainers, Joy givers, etc.) who when the opportunity to make that "ultimate me" impression appears, take full advantage of the worshipers who may feel this is part of "God's Will. Imagine them as fans and groupies for the spreaders of a higher power's messangers that they want to relate with.
Rick Seiden 10 months ago
I once complained about someone buying lobster with food stamps (back when they were actual paper) and was told by my mother to mind my own business. I don't know how long they saved up their extra dollars to buy that lobster. Or what event in their life may be happening. Maybe they put away two food stamp dollars every month for a year to buy a lobster for their wedding anniversary. These preachers having one expensive thing isn't a big deal to me, because you don't know what they went through to get them. If every outfit they own is like that, however, that's a different story. One the Bible actually talks about in a way. That bit about it being harder to get an elephant through the eye of a needle than a rich man into heaven.
Greenmantle 10 months ago
And we haven't even gotten to the jewellery and the private planes yet.
Bernd Herbert 10 months ago
And rarely was the demand to „tax the rich“ as fitting as it is for these guys
George Costanza 10 months ago
These people are not men of any god. They're con men, plain and simple.
Donna Peluda 10 months ago
It's the only institution ever to exist where no one has ever worked and the riches of the church is incalculable. I know a guy work as an accountant for a Diocese here in Spain. They own countless land and properties that they rent out. They don't pay tax and don't have to be audited like an NGO has to. FFS we had a cultural association and we had to file taxes. In Spain the church receives circa € 300,000,000.00 from the state and doesn't have to justify a penny. It's disgusting but even more is that people are stupid enough to give them money.
Ashtray 10 months ago
How people can give these supposed men of God money and see how it is spent is beyond me. The money they are spending on ugly clothes could be used for people who actually need help and the people Jesus would be helping. A lot of people on this list will be surprised when they aren't welcomed in God's kingdom.
MezzoPiano 10 months ago
Cool, BP. Now do one on all the pastors who are working two jobs to make ends meet while also donating their own time and money to the church. Do one on all the churches that are out there practicing what they preach. Do one on all the religious charities and organizations that are standing in the gaps to fight poverty and all sorts of injustice. Talk about how often religious people come out of the woodwork to help when there's been a disaster. Talk about how religious people are more generous with their time and money than non-religious people. (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/am-i-right/201912/religion-and-generosity) Talk about how religious people are happier and more active in their communities. (https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2019/01/31/religions-relationship-to-happiness-civic-engagement-and-health-around-the-world/) Stop just going after the low-hanging fruit and trying to paint all religious people with this brush.
Wintermute 10 months ago
This is fun and all, and I'm certainly not religious, but someone really ought to put together a list of the holy people who aren't wearing Gucci and actually walking the walk. I bet the list will be much bigger.
Blondie23 10 months ago
So... in order to look down to earth and like they are just one of the crowd... they dress mroe "casual" but their version of casual costs thousands of dollars and the people attending these "worships" don't realize that. This is sick. And one of many reasons why I got the hell out of religion!!!!!
Tammilee Truitt 10 months ago
I have an urge to hunt them down with a $1000 jewel encrusted sports bottle filled with red kool-aid
Richard Graham 10 months ago
The joke is on them. All of these status-name-brand wildly-overpriced items are quite ugly.
CanadianDimes 10 months ago
Most of us know they are hypocrites and it's no surprise to us. It's unlikely to shake their congregants blind faith because it's justifiable somehow (with a lot of mental gymnastics, of course). I'd be thrilled to see their own parishioners calling them out en masse, but I'm not holding my breath.
UpupaEpops 10 months ago
Not trying to bash America, but sure as hell this s**t ain't happening in Europe. I mean, historically, people did try and pay their way into heaven somewhere during the Middle Ages but even the Catholic Church has toned it down a couple notches since then.
Hey! 10 months ago
My ex-husband, who was a pastor at the time, wore Florsheim and nothing else. We lived on donations... Florsheim-...d4de90.jpg
Stckynote 10 months ago
i went to high school with Michael Todd. did not see him becoming a pastor.....
Human #1,232,867 10 months ago
So they get these cloth for free from the brand to promote them. And you guys are publishing these picture to keep advertising for the brand? Mmmm let me think about that. I guess the brand is the winner here.
Kirsty Jackowski 10 months ago
Depending on taxation laws in your country some allow for clothing to be a tax deduction for Pastors.
LaserBrain 10 months ago
It's always fascinated me, how people can believe in religion and "religious leaders." I grew up in the church myself, my dad was a pastor. It was when I was in my teens that I looked around and at the teachings, and thought "wait... All this is a load of BS..." A character created by the author Robert E Howard once summed it up nicely-- "I heed not the words of those who claim to speak on behalf of the gods."
talliloo 10 months ago
and, sadly, there are those who in their respective flocks that would defend them. no minister, preacher, etc., needs to wear such expensive clothing. nor do they need multi million dollar homes, private jets or air conditioned dog houses. this also go for the vatican and all their wealth. there is an old movie 'the shoes of the fisherman' that ends up having the newly appointed pope make the decision to liquidate all of the church's wealth and give it to the world in the areas of need. no religion needs to have such wealth.
Michael Largey 10 months ago
Question: Who are the unprincipled greedy rip-off artists here - the preachers or the garment sellers?
Ionescu Popa 10 months ago
thank u, bp, for sharing with us the real problems of the church today: its not prosperity theology, a religious aberration, its not the transformation of churches into corporation and neither the mega churches, a deep state mass indoctrination and non-denominalizing instrument, its the coloreds wearing shiny clothes, worth ten times less than a white preacher's watch.
Brett Layton 10 months ago
Im so out of touch with these things, the most expensive clothing i own is my one good suit from Hugo Boss, it cost about $1000 for the suit. I cannot justify spending $1000 on a pair of sneakers
Israel Martinez 10 months ago (edited)
Can't really be mad because I'm not the sucker in the congregation financing their lifestyles ... I knew it was a scam when I saw Hezekiah Walker in a fur coat ... I won't even get into Creflo Dollar's Rolls Royce and G650 ... lest we forget how long it took Osteen to open the doors to his church after a devastating hurricane ...
Phil Boswell 10 months ago
There is the outside chance that some of these were donated by wealthy members of the congregation, in which case you would hope that they were thanked loudly and publicly—without mentioning their names—to keep everything open and above board. I'm not rating that chance as high, though…
Douglas Tucker 10 months ago
Simply put, there are far too many (Educators, Entertainers, Joy givers, etc.) who when the opportunity to make that "ultimate me" impression appears, take full advantage of the worshipers who may feel this is part of "God's Will. Imagine them as fans and groupies for the spreaders of a higher power's messangers that they want to relate with.
Rick Seiden 10 months ago
I once complained about someone buying lobster with food stamps (back when they were actual paper) and was told by my mother to mind my own business. I don't know how long they saved up their extra dollars to buy that lobster. Or what event in their life may be happening. Maybe they put away two food stamp dollars every month for a year to buy a lobster for their wedding anniversary. These preachers having one expensive thing isn't a big deal to me, because you don't know what they went through to get them. If every outfit they own is like that, however, that's a different story. One the Bible actually talks about in a way. That bit about it being harder to get an elephant through the eye of a needle than a rich man into heaven.
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