Asking Pastor Where the Church Money Goes
4:21A caller grills Pastor Ty about how church funds are being used and demands answers about concerts and spending, refusing to be dismissed.
Transcript
87 linesHello.
Hey, brother John, I got Pastor Ty on the line.
I'm trying to I I've been asking you to speak to him.
Can I speak to him now?
Yes, sir.
He's on the line now.
Pastor Ty.
What's up?
Have I met you?
Have I met you?
I I don't I don't know if you met me.
I've been as I mean I'm I'm always at service, but I don't know if you met me or not.
Okay.
Okay.
So
what I what I was asking uh Calvin is I'm trying to figure out what's going on as as far as little church is concerned.
So I uh you know, you got these little church t shirt.
How much did these t shirts uh how much did these t shirts cost?
Oh no, no, no.
Um oh I don't know what I don't know how what you and Kelvin's conversation was, but we're not selling the t-shirts right now.
It's just for like the greeters and hospitality so that people that come can identify, you know, with people who can help them at the church.
That's all.
It's not like the sale or nothing like that, bro.
Okay.
Now let me let me let me ask you this here.
Because this is what I'm trying to figure out is where is the money going in the church?
And and do you do you feel like members have the right to know where everything is going?
Listen, listen, uh with no disrespect my man, but this this is what I'm saying.
We tell the members all the time.
We we tell everybody.
That's why I say have you have you been coming?
We we tell we we make it very clear where where the money is going and
people saying that.
What are you what are you doing with the church money is what I'm asking you.
I'm putting it back into the church.
We don't even have a building yet.
Like what is your contribution to the church?
What are you concerned about?
I'm giving I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm giving I'm giving money to the church okay and I'm giving
it man
okay but every every Sunday I'm getting but what I'm trying to figure out either time I look up and see you doing a different concert.
Yeah but that's what I did way before the church started.
I've been doing concerts I've been doing that 20 years man.
God has blessed that so that's a different story and I got money off that's that's my that's my job.
That's what I'm saying.
But that ain't what I'm saying though.
What I'm saying is
that I get too high I don't I don't get hyped like this with members or not like I don't do stuff like this man.
And number two, you said every Sunday we haven't even started on Sundays yet.
So I don't even know what church you're going to or what church you're talking about.
I'm saying what is you what are you doing with the church money is what I'm asking you.
Well I don't do this for people I'm I'm about to just go you're raising your voice it's very unnecessary.
It's almost disrespectful if you come in at night you You can see me tonight and we can talk tonight.
No, no.
That ain't where I'm at.
I'm trying to get you to tell me what you're doing.
Yo, Kel, can you please talk to my man?
Because uh uh I'm done.
I don't say disrespectful calls like this.
I don't give people disrespect.
You're raising your voice again.
I tell everybody every week what we do with the money.
If it's not comfortable for you, you can either stop coming or put your money elsewhere where you're comfortable.
Okay, can I say this to you, Pastor Ty.
Can I say something else?
You said enough.
I'm uh but can I say can I say can I say one more thing?
I'm I'm listening, my friend.
I'm I'm chilling, I'm listening.
Pastor Ty, this is Thomas Miles, nephew Tommy from the Steve Hobbin Morning Show.
You took a prank, baby.
You just got prank, baby.
Yeah, you didn't.
Yeah, you did.
Yeah, you did.
Thank God I'm saved today.
Yo, I was wondering why I was wondering why Kelvin wasn't stepping in.
Hey, you know what?
Because guess what, Ty?
Everybody, when you get to this business and you get to this level, everybody has a buffer.
And your buffer is supposed to step in.
And your brother was not saying anything.
I was like, where's my buffer at?
What
trippy?
Do me a friend.
Tell me what is the baddest radio show in the land.