Pastor John Grey Reacts To His Church’s Attainable Eviction
On Thursday (January 2), Greenville Information reported that common South Carolina pastor John Grey’s Relentless Church confronted attainable eviction over unpaid debt to its landlord, Redemption Church. Now, a consultant for the truth star is setting the document straight.
In an e-mail acquired by NewsOne, the rep claims Relentless “have and can proceed” to make funds to Redemption regardless of the court docket submitting claiming in any other case.
“We’ll deal with this matter by means of the suitable authorized channels,” the assertion reads partly. “We stand behind our authentic assertion and are assured that the fee quantities required below the leases referenced within the criticism have and can proceed to be paid. Our efforts at mediation and with smart counsel to current each element absent of authorized have confirmed fruitless on their finish a number of occasions.
“To the Relentless Church household please observe, we now have dealt honorably and have utilized each attainable measure to resolve these variations so far,” it continues. “We’ll proceed to serve the Lord, attain the misplaced, and serve the group. This unlucky concern is not going to hinder the imaginative and prescient, work, performance, or coronary heart of this church. We invite the media and the general public to do their very own due diligence. There shall be no additional remark at the moment as we permit our authorized workforce to proceed accordingly.”
The unique report launched by Greenville Information claimed Redemption filed for eviction towards The Relentless Church in Greenville on Thursday “over a month after Redemption terminated its lease settlement with the megachurch run by Pastor John Grey and advised the church to vacate the property owned by Redemption by the tip of the yr.”
The court docket submitting, in accordance with Greenville Information, referenced Relentless’ failure to make funds for The Think about Heart, the sports activities and health facility operated on the church’s campus.
The star of the truth present The Ebook of John Grey, which airs on OWN, has beforehand been below scrutiny for his funds. In December 2018, he reportedly purchased his spouse a $200,000 Lamborghini Urus for his or her eight-year anniversary. He has since denied that cash coming from the church paid for the automotive. He additionally got here below hearth when he and different Black pastors sat with Trump throughout a photograph opp in August of 2018. After being slammed for sitting with the racist-in-chief, he advised critics of the assembly they don’t have the “coronary heart of Christ.”