What is happening to the Church in the black community?

The church is now and continues to be a pillar in any community. According to the COGIC Manual, "A Christian Church should be recognized in the community in which it is located, as pursuing and maintaining a higher standard of morality than that of a worldly society." The world measures success in terms of material possessions, health and wealth. Personal gain and unmerited mercy and favor are garnered as the crowning achievements of true Christiandom in the many so called Christian congregations. For these reasons I FIRMLY believe that prosperity preaching is demonic and a potential anti-Christian concept. In Ephesians 4, the Apostle Paul stresses unity of the Church and gives further emphasis in verse 15; "That we be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine." In 1 Timothy 6:3-5, Paul gives a stern judgement, "If any man teach otherwise and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, perverse disputing of men of currupt minds and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness; from such withdraw thyself." The answer is clear, if a preacher is giving a message on prosperity and saying things like, "You need to share the blessings of God cause you closed on a house yesterday." or "Thank God, cause if you had got what you deserved, you'd have AIDS by now." I believe you should run away quickly. This was a statement hurled to a crowd of 100 +. The person giving this proclamation is a prominent pastor in Hampton Roads, Virginia. I am reminded of one of my childhood mentors. I was blessed to know my 87 year old pastor personally until he passed away at the age of 96. He pastored our church for 52 years. Many people felt that my late Pastor was stuck up and snooty. He did not allow just any one to preach from his pulpit and he did not shake hands with everyone he met. He was a very wise man. He believed in education and he would always say, "boy stick the Cross and preach on the Blood, if they don't shout that's alright." I will not associate myself with preachers who preach a doctrine of prosperity or say evil hate filled sayings from the pulpit. I have spent many evenings at the Children's Hospital of the Kings Daughters praying for sick children. There were children in the hospital that did not have any parents. There were children with AIDS and addicted to heroin or cocaine. There were children in the hospital with all types of cancers and blood diseases which were fatal. Did any of those children deserve to be in that condition? Were they less blessed because their parents did not own a home? I don't believe so. I remember what my late pastor said, "Boy, I don't let everybody in your pulpit." I admonish ministers of the Gospel to pray and meditate on hearing from GOD more clearly. I warn anyone who reads this blog and believes in prosperity doctrine to read your Bible and search the scriptures for yourselves. After this I will follow the provisions of
Titus 3:10 (New International Version)
10Warn a divisive person once, and then warn him a second time. After that, have nothing to do with him.