FORT WORTH, Texas — Grammy Award-winning gospel artist and Fort Worth pastor Bishop Marvin Sapp is addressing controversy head-on this Easter Sunday by using a viral moment as inspiration for his sermon titled “Close the Doors.”
A short clip from an August 2024 church convention resurfaced online, drawing reactions from the likes of Shannon Sharpe, comedian KevOnStage and media outlets like TMZ. The video shows Bishop Sapp asking to “close the doors” during the offering portion of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World (PAW) convention in Baltimore, Maryland.
Many online took his request as a way to lock the congregation in and seemingly force them to give money to the cause. Sapp said that was not the case…