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‘I’m not worth your Red Lobster money?’: Kansas City pastor BERATES ‘cheap’ congregation for not honoring him with a new watch that he’s wanted for a year as part of sermon on ‘taking care of God’s shepherd’ – then issues groveling apology
- Pastor Carlton Funderburke, of Kansas City, was caught calling his congregation ‘poor, broke, busted, and disgusted’
- He called his members this after he had still not received an expensive Movado watch he asked them to buy him last year
- A Movado watch ranges from $395 to $3,295. He did not indicate what specific watch he wanted his congregation to purchase for him
- ‘I’m not worth your McDonald’s money? I’m not worth your Red Lobster money?’ he said. ‘Let me kick down the door and talk to my cheap sons and daughters’
- Funderburke has since released an apology video, saying the ‘video clip does not reflect my heart or my sentiment toward God’s people’
- He also said he ‘regrets’ that his ‘first impression of me is one of anger, hate, and resentment’ to those who found him through the viral video
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A Missouri pastor berated his ‘poor’ congregation for not honoring him with a new expensive watch he asked for a year ago while reportedly delivering a sermon about ‘taking care of God’s shepherd.’
Pastor Carlton Funderburke, of Kansas City, was caught calling his congregation ‘poor, broke, busted, and disgusted’ after they still hadn’t bought him an expensive Movado watch – which ranges in price from $395 to $3,295 – since he first asked for it in last year.
‘I’m not worth your McDonald’s money? I’m not worth your Red Lobster money?’ he asked the Church at the Well congregation as he paced around on stage on August 7. ‘I ain’t worth your St. John Knits – y’all can’t afford it no how.
‘I ain’t worth your Louis Vuitton? I ain’t worth your Prada? I’m not worth your Gucci?’
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Pastor Carlton Funderburke, of Kansas City, (pictured on Tuesday) was caught calling his congregation ‘poor, broke, busted, and disgusted’ after they still hadn’t bought him an expensive Movado watch since he first asked for it in last year
The video, which was reposted to TikTok, shows an agitated Funderburke (pictured in a black suit with a microphone) telling his constituents he needed to ‘talk to my cheap sons and daughters’
A Movado watch (pictured) ranges in price from $395 to $3,295
He went on to say that he was wanted his members to know ‘what God is saying’ before becoming agitated, stating: ‘Ooh, you can buy a Movado [watch] at Sam’s [Club] and you know I asked for one last year. And here it is all the way in August and I still ain’t got it.
‘Let me kick down the door and talk to my cheap sons and daughters.’
Funderburke has since released an apology video, saying the ‘video clip does not reflect my heart or my sentiment toward God’s people, yet, that’s not discernible in the clip.’
He did not offer an explanation for his actions.
‘Therefore, I offer this sincere apology to you today,’ the pastor said as he read from a visible script.
‘No context could erase the words I used. I apologize to all the people that have been hurt or angered or anyway damaged by my words.’
He further went on to apologize to his congregation for not showing them ‘respect’ or ‘love,’ and for all other pastors who will be scrutinized for his actions.
He later released an apology video (pictured) on Tuesday, saying the clip ‘does not reflect my heart or my sentiment toward God’s people’
‘For those who know and love me, thank you for your support,’ he said. ‘For those who now know me because of this video clip, I regret that your first impression of me is one of anger, hate, and resentment.
DailyMail.com reached out to Funderburke for comment, but was redirected to the apology video.