'I cut people,' a megachurch pastor threatened while she preached. Her target? The local newspaper.
By Michael Brice-Saddler Michael Brice-Saddler General Assignment Reporter Email Bio Follow April 1 at 9:51 PM Hope Carpenter was met with resounding applause before her sermon at Relentless Church in Greenville, S.C., on Sunday. The crowd was excited for their guest pastor — after all, she’d led the congregation with her husband for nearly three decades before they moved their show to a church in San Jose last year.
Then, in late March, John Gray asked churchgoers to help bankroll a $250,000 repair to the church’s roof. Gray told his congregation that the church was millions of dollars in debt, Greenville News reported, and suggested the money could be raised easily if 2,500 people gave $100. In a statement to The Washington Post, Greenville News Executive Editor Katrice Hardy said the paper strives to “cover every organization in our community in a fair and unbiased way.” Their coverage of Relentless Church includes a Friday story on church’s commitment to help fund a homeless shelter in Pickens County, Hardy noted.
Her husband, Ron Carpenter, Jr., apologized for her comments soon afterward, stating he and his wife “woefully underestimated how racially insensitive” her remarks were, Greenville News reported at the time.
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