The Church Is Done With You

Hello.

Hello, I'm trying to reach uh Sister Takara too.

Who's this?

This is uh Brother Brinkley from the church.

How you doing?

Oh, hey, how uh is it?

It's um I'm at work.

Can I call you back?

Uh um Uh well this is this is kind of urgent.

I'll call your your house phone and I didn't get an answer.

And I I had this other number on file, so I wanted to reach out to you, but what I won't take long, but it it is really is a hurdle.

All right, well that urgent matter if you don't mind.

All right, hold on, hold on.

Let me let me Step away from my tubicle, hold on.

Hello?

Hello, yeah.

Okay.

So what's uh Brother Brinkley, speak to me.

Okay, we have a bit of a problem here, and we're gonna try to we're trying to clean up a lot of things here at the church in twenty twenty.

You know, I hate to be the one to bring you some bad news.

Uh let me just start by by saying this.

God might not be through with you, but we are here at the church.

It has been brought to our attention, uh, sister Cara, that you guys are halfway coming to church.

You you you might come once once out of a month, you're not tithing as we expected.

You know, the the the church can't really depend on you.

Um it's you.

You got you know, you bring your kids, I think your brother comes to the church, but everybody is coming every now and then.

We cannot depend on you all to be the members and have the expectation of what we're trying to do.

Well, what hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold up.

Well you say you say your name is Brother Brinkley, you're from the Brother Brinkley, yes.

And you you you you work uh you work under the deacon?

Uh I'm sorry.

Uh I I've never heard of you before.

I uh I I have been officiated by the pastor as I'm over actually over the finance.

And we're going through all of the books and looking at all of the numbers of the of the members of the church, the directory, and we're noticing what people are paying tithe, what people aren't paying tithe, who's coming to church, who's participating in different in different uh uh uh ministries and whatnot.

And sister Dekara, I got I have to be honest with you.

You you you're there maybe once every m once a month.

We might see you, might not see you, you know, and like I say, God may not be through with you, but we are.

Well uh okay, you mean saying that that well listen, why I don't understand, like uh y'all monitoring my my my church going, like I c I can't I I can't I have to go every single week.

I mean I go when I can.

you absent so much at the church.

Explain that.

Well I mean I have three kids, you know, I mean I have two jobs.

Sometimes I don't I mean I still pray.

I I d I don't understand how a church can are you y'all serious?

You got two jobs, but we not getting tithes like you got two jobs.

Well you're not tithing like you got two jobs.

Because I I can't afford I got two jobs.

You just you just said I got two jobs.

That's what you just said.

And that those two jobs are in support of my kids.

I mean I can't support the church and my kids at the same time I I can't do both.

I mean I d I give when I can you're let me ask you something uh what are you making on that other job?

Are you serious?

Are you real you really you really a I didn't know the church got in this deep with you really asking me how much I make and my second job that I take to support my kids?

Come on now it's gotta be something this is I'm gonna say this to you again.

God may not be through with you but we are if you are not gonna pay your tithes if you're not gonna come to work on a consistent basis then what what do you benefit the church?

Is that what the church is about this can't be I'm gonna say this I'm gonna say this to you.

You you th let me tell you what the church is all about.

The church is you say if you say we done with you again one more time I'm serious.

No I'm gonna tell you this you're talking about is that what the church is about let me tell you what the church is the church is a hospital for crippled souls.

You understand that that's what you that's what the church is but when when we have souls that are coming in to be saved we are doing our job.

And guess what?

Those people that are coming in you know what they're doing they're tithing.

That's what they're doing.

They're tithing.

You, Sister Takara, I'm sure your soul is crippled you're not coming And you're not tithing.

You may give us a a little something when you show up.

Well if you show up.

Am I right or wrong?

Mm?

Okay, hold up.

Let me get one thing straight.

This is what you called me for in the middle of my work day to tell me that you're kicking me out the church because I don't give enough money to the church while I'm at my job that I can barely afford to pay my bills with.

Matter of fact, I don't even know who you are.

I've never met you in my life.

And I don't you know what?

This church, you know, f this church.

I hate to say it, but if that's what the church is about, you had the nerve to call me.

I'm I'm in the f lobby.

I'm a fucking job.

Okay, now no, no, no, no.

Let me say something now.

You being very unchristian like now.

Are you kidding me?

So Carrie, you're gonna watch your tone and your language, yeah.

This is not Christian like.

Well, well, do you do you know brother Dwayne?

Isn't that your brother?

Okay.

And now, Brother Dwayne is who told me to call you.

Really?

My brother.

So what so what is this about?

Huh?

Whether b whatever?

I don't know.

What is your name?

My name is Nephew Tommy from the Steve Harvey Morning Show.

Your brother Duane got me to prank phone call you.

Nephew Tom.

No.

Oh my god.

Oh my God, he yo, he about to get me fired from this job.

I'm in the lobby screaming my people looking at me.

Oh my gosh.

You all right.

Yeah, this is nephew Tommy, what's up?

No, no, no.

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That's oh my gosh.

My heart is racing.

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