SHIATOOK, Okla. — Video of a sermon given by a pastor in Oklahoma is raising some eyebrows and going viral.
Jim Standridge, 76, publicly scolded individual members of his congregation for a variety of things. The video was posted to YouTube in June.
“You’re one of the sorriest church members I have. You’re not worth 15 cents,” said Pastor Jim Standridge to one man.
According to The Huffington Post, that church member says Stanridge is a good man but added in a facebook comment that “things were not done right that morning” and said he was ‘shocked and hurt’ by the preacher’s comments.
“You can’t get this at any other church in town,” he told the Immanuel Baptist Church congregation, where he’s been preaching for 24 years. He said if they didn’t like him, he’d pack up and leave.
He said he owes no one an apology.