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Showing posts with label Pastor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pastor. Show all posts
Friday, July 13, 2018
Thursday, May 3, 2018
Pro-Trump Pastor Darrell Scott Invites Kaepernick to Kanye Summit
A famous Trump-friendly pastor says Colin Kaepernick and others with a voice on the subject of race are cordially invited to a proposed White House summit, with the centerpiece being Kanye West. We got Darrell Scott…
Monday, March 19, 2018
Charles Manson Funeral Pastor Performed Ceremony with Clear Conscience
The pastor who presided over Charles Manson’s funeral had ZERO qualms about it because he was comforting a follower of Christ — Manson’s grandson, NOT the mass murderer. Pastor Mark Pitcher of Porterville Church of the Nazarene tells TMZ…
Friday, March 2, 2018
Justin Bieber Celebrates Bday with Mom, Pastor at Go-Kart Racing Track
Justin Bieber’s hugging it out with his mom … who gave birth to him 24 years ago today. The Biebs just showed up at MB2 Raceway in the Valley with some of his church pals — including pastor Carl Lentz — and was welcomed by a warm hug from his…
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
Justin Beiber"s Pastor Carl Lentz Can Seriously Hoop
Turns out Justin Bieber isn’t the best basketball player up at the Hillsong Church … that honor would go to temple honcho — and Bieber’s spiritual advisor — Carl Lentz, who seriously has game. Like, for real. TMZ Sports got our hands on…
Justin Beiber"s Pastor Carl Lentz Can Seriously Hoop
Turns out Justin Bieber isn’t the best basketball player up at the Hillsong Church … that honor would go to temple honcho — and Bieber’s spiritual advisor — Carl Lentz, who seriously has game. Like, for real. TMZ Sports got our hands on…
Thursday, November 16, 2017
Justin Bieber Makes an Illegal U-Turn After 18-Second Hug with Pastor
Justin Bieber must’ve felt holier than thou hugging it out with his pastor for 18 seconds … but it didn’t last, ‘cause he became a sinful L.A. driver soon after. We got Bieber leaving a church service at the Saban Theatre in Bev Hills Wednesday,…
Saturday, October 21, 2017
Colin Kaepernick"s Silence Is Strategic, Says Pastor T.D. Jakes
Colin Kaepernick still hasn’t taken the podium to address the NFL national anthem protests, and that’s OK — so says famous TV pastor T.D. Jakes. Since he’s an expert public speaker, we asked T.D. if now’s the time for Kaep to break his…
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Beyonce"s Houston Pastor Says She Gives a Lot But Without the Fanfare
Beyonce doesn’t name names or drop dollar amounts, but she’s still having a huge impact in Houston … with the help of her longtime pastor. Rev. Rudy Rasmus from St. John’s United Methodist Church told TMZ how he and Bey are mobilizing to help…
Beyonce"s Houston Pastor Says She Gives a Lot But Without the Fanfare
Beyonce doesn’t name names or drop dollar amounts, but she’s still having a huge impact in Houston … with the help of her longtime pastor. Rev. Rudy Rasmus from St. John’s United Methodist Church told TMZ how he and Bey are mobilizing to help…
Friday, August 4, 2017
Justin Bieber Mocks Pastor Bro for Stealing His Moves with the Paps
Justin Bieber ain’t afraid to put his pastor pal in check … especially when the guy jacks his move. The Biebs took a mini tour around WeHo Thursday night … first hitting up the trendy boutique Maxfield before making his way over to Catch.…
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Justin Bieber Sees Pastor Carl Lentz as Father Figure Now
Justin Bieber won’t complain about one part of his life on the road — it forced him to grow incredibly close to his pastor, Carl Lentz … so much so, he now sees him as a 2nd father. Sources close to Hillsong Church tell TMZ … Lentz…
Carl Lentz: Get to Know Justin Bieber"s Controversial Pastor!
Carl Lentz.
It’s a name with which you likely weren’t familiar just a few days ago, but it’s quickly become a name that may have a significant impact on the world of pop culture.
That’s because Carl Lentz is a pastor who has grown very close to Justin Bieber… and who may even be the reason Bieber quits the music business.
As previously documented, Bieber ended his world tour early this week, with insiders claiming the singer is simply exhausted.
But a deeper dive into the situation has alleged that Bieber actually made this decision because he’s grown very close to Lentz and is undergoing some kind of “spiritual awakening.”
Without being told directly by Lentz to cancel the remaining dates on his tour, Justin simply thinks this is the right thing to do at the moment.
It’s unclear exactly why.
However, it seems rather evident at this point that Lentz has a lot of influence on Bieber and also on other stars in Hollywood.
Therefore, this seems like an appropriate time to answer a pressing celebrity gossip question:
WHO IS CARL LENTZ?
– He is pastor of Hillsong NYC, the local branch of the global megachurch that offers a Sunday service at Montclair’s Wellmont Theater in New Jersey.
– The church attracts about 100,000 people per week across the globe and is known for infusing its services with Christian Rock songs.
– Lentz is married to a woman named Laura and has three children.
– He’s been described as the “rock star pastor,” “hipster pastor” and “punk pastor” for his affinity for leather, skinny jeans and tattoos.
– Lentz is a Virginia Beach native who grew up in the Baptist church.
– According to a 2009 newspaper article, he who was playing basketball for N.C. State University when, at the encouragement of his parents, he attended a church service with a contemporary music ministry.
It changed his life forever.
– The Virginian-Pilot went on to write that Lentz attended Virginia Wesleyan University and at a Bible college in Los Angeles and then studied at the Hillsong International Leadership College in Australia.
– This is where he met and married Laura in 2003.
– In 2010, couple moved to New York City, setting down roots in Williamsburg .
– A big basketball fan, Lentz was quickly introduced him to Allan Houston, according to a Bleacher Report profile; he also includes Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony, and Jeremy Lin as his friends.
– A TMZ report claims that Lentz also influenced Kyrie Irving’s recent demand to be traded from the Cleveland Cavaliers.
– Lentz met a then-14-year-old Justin Bieber in 2008 through another pastor close to artist.
“I remember being involved in this pre-service prayer [backstage] and just looking at him and going, ‘This is going to be a challenge.’ And that day being like, ‘I’m going to pray for this boy to make it,"” Lentz told the New York Post in 2014.
This quote was given back when Bieber was spotted at a brothel in Brazil and seen smoking a lot of marijuana and was receiving negative press up the wazoo.
So that brings us up to speed on Carl Lentz.
Like Scientology, his church seems cater to celebrities, a charge Lentz has not denied.
“Celebrities deserve a relationship with God. Celebrities deserve a place to pray,” Lentz told Esquire in the past.
A source close to the situation told TMZ this week that Bieber is like the “Tom Cruise” of Hillsong.
We’ll let you interpret that quote and that comparison however you see fit.
Saturday, April 8, 2017
Omarosa Marries Pastor John Allen Newman At Trump Hotel
Omarosa is officially a married woman … tying the knot at Trump International Hotel in Washington D.C. The White House senior staffer got hitched to Pastor John Allen Newman Saturday during a small ceremony. It’s unclear if any of her White House…
Saturday, December 17, 2016
Justin Bieber"s Pastor Says "Forgive Joe Mixon"
It might not be the popular thing to do … but forgiving Joe Mixon is the Christian thing to do … so says Justin Bieber’s pastor Carl Lentz. Lentz — who’s also a spiritual advisor to a TON of NBA stars including Kevin Durant, Carmelo…
Justin Bieber"s Pastor Says "Forgive Joe Mixon"
It might not be the popular thing to do … but forgiving Joe Mixon is the Christian thing to do … so says Justin Bieber’s pastor Carl Lentz. Lentz — who’s also a spiritual advisor to a TON of NBA stars including Kevin Durant, Carmelo…
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Pastor Praises "Journey" of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West
Go ahead and say what you want about Kim Kardashian and Kanye West.
Seriously, please. Go ahead. We’ll give you a few moments…
But it’s hard to argue that these two seem legitimately in love, with Kim having given birth to the couple’s second child over the weekend, a boy named Saint West.
(So, yes, okay, they may need some counseling in the naming department.)
Rich Wilkerson Jr., meanwhile, has been by the tandem’s side nearly every step of the way, actually rising to Internet fame after officiating the Kimye wedding and then sharing a photo of himself with the newlyweds on Instagram.
“We love them, we’re for them. It was a special day and we’re happy that we could be a part of it,” Wilkerson told E! News of how him and his wife DawnChere* feel about Kim and Kanye.
(*Yes, his wife’s name really is DawnChere. Let’s just move on.)
Wilkerson will actually star on his own E! reality show (titled “Rich in Faith,” naturally) and he teased its premiere by talking once again about Kim Kardashian and Kanye West.
“Everybody is on their own journey. I think [Kanye’s] on a journey. I’m on a journey. DawnChere is on a journey and I think the better we do loving one another and accepting one another, the further we all go,” he says.
Moving stuff. Powerful stuff. Totally and completely and money-hungry stuff.
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