Kirk Franklin Enraged at Evangelist Creflo Dollar for Asking for Money to Buy a Private Jet

Gospel star Kirk Franklin was enraged when TV Evangelist Creflo Dollar launched a campaign to raise money to buy a private plane. The plane is a $65 million luxury G650 airplane that will be used for his ministry.
"When a pastor wants people to buy him a private plane while a missionary in Somalia bathes children with sores, that's a shortage of character. When I camouflage my 'greeds' to look like 'needs,' that's a shortage of character," wrote Franklin in a blog post on Patheos titled "The High Cost of Character."
As public outrage grew last Friday over an appeal from Dollar to raise $65 million from 200,000 people to purchase a luxury Gulfstream G650 airplane, his ministry confirmed that he was traveling "commercial." Things got even worse Monday as word of the campaign, which was first reported by The Christian Post, grew even louder forcing Dollar's ministry to put an end to the donation request.
"There is no campaign right now," said Juda Engelmayer of 5W Public Relations, which represents Creflo Dollar Ministries. Despite ending the campaign, Engelmayer further explained that while Dollar was now focused on preaching about Jesus and the Bible and was looking to move on from the fiasco, if he comes across a "properly priced" jet he is still open to acquiring it.
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