Kanye West Cult?

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saki

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....just found this in one of my newsfeeds. for whatever it may be worth.... sounds very encouraging.... but I had great hope when Jane Fonda made similar 'conversion' announcements several years ago... only to be left with a feeling that it was just a publicity ploy, on her part, with no real change within... I would suppose that cautious watching and waiting for us with these high-profile examples is advisable....

https://www.lightworkers.com/kanye-west-shares-his-testimony/

‘The Devil Had Me Chasing a Gold Statue’: Kanye West Shares His Testimony of Being Born Again

Famed rapper Kanye West shared his testimony of coming to Jesus, being born again and holding fast to Christ's greatness at a recent church service in Atlanta.

Taking to the stage at a recent church service, famed rapper Kanye West shared his testimony of finding Jesus, being born again and holding fast to Christ’s greatness.

Recently, Ye was welcomed into the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta, to a crowd of over 600 people who, according to Billboard, were lined up for hours before the service to get a chance to witness West’s famed Sunday Service.

RELATED CONTENT: Brad Pitt Is Latest Celebrity to Attend Kanye West’s ‘Sunday Service’

As reported by BET, “Along with his typical praise and worship sessions, Kanye offered a special sermon [at the service], speaking on the importance of accepting both God’s power along with His plan for you.”

In a Youtube video shared by pastor Dr. Sunday Adelaja, Kanye West began by sharing how God has worked miracles in his and others’ lives. Despite being tempted personally by every “shiny” thing the devil could possibly have shown him, West found the truth. Ye revealed through a worshipful moment anchored in the sentiments of Ecclesiastes that he discovered that “Nothing beats God” and that only God can give you a sound mind.

And that is something West would understand personally. As stated by Faithwire, “Known for his unorthodox opinions and unfiltered style, West told Forbes in a recent interview that it was his “radical obedience” to Jesus Christ that helped him through his headline-grabbing mental breakdown in 2016.

During his Atlanta Sunday Service, Ye encouraged the packed sanctuary with sentiments of singular focus to God, and not man: “Let’s not be concerned with the opinions of men at all. Only the opinion of God. Let’s not be concerned with the validation of men at all. Only of God.”

West continued, imploring the attendees to fight for greater measures of accountability as disciples of Christ and “to be radically in service to Christ.” Confessing how Christ delivered him, saved him and brought him closer to his children and family after years of deception “chasing a gold statue.”

“The power of God cannot be calculated by…a bank account, by how many cars you drive or by how big your house is…it’s God inside of us…,” Ye proclaimed.

And we couldn’t agree more!

Watch West’s full Sunday Service in Atlanta below:

....<<<<see vids/pics at link to article at top>>>>
 

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The way he acts the last few years is indicative that he is not after the acceptance of man, especially in contrast to his early years. “Ye shall know them by their fruits” - his behavior is different. I don’t know if he is truly born again, that article gives me hope and I have ALWAYS felt something different about him, when I feel so many in his position are scum. I’ve been a fan since the beginning and knew that there was a seed inside of him planted that just needed watering. I truly hope this is authentic. They probably sign stuff not to leak any music. I’d LOVE to attend a Sunday Service, not just as a fan, but to see if it’s the real deal or creepy and cultish.
 

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...not a fan of Kanye, in the least... but with this recent 'change of heart' being such a 'thing'.... he keeps popping up in the newsfeeds I look thru daily.... no dog in this fight... just remarkable if it's real and not another celeb pub-stunt.....

https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/kanye-west-no-more-secular-music-only-gospel

Kanye West quits secular music, says he'll make only gospel music: report

By Paul Conner Fox Business

Rap legend Kanye West said he will only make gospel music going forward -- no more secular music, according to a Chicago music promoter who was in the room.

West reportedly made the comment Saturday at a listening party in Chicago for his new album "Jesus is King: A Kanye West Experience."

"Kanye also announced that he is no longer making secular music," said Andrew Barber, owner of music media company Fake Shore Drive. "Only Gospel from here on out."

West said he is "done being an entertainer," Barber told FOX Business.

Andrew Barber✔@fakeshoredrive
Kanye also announced that he is no longer making secular music. Only Gospel from here on out.
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West has been delaying the much-anticipated album, and his wife Kim Kardashian West teased the track list Friday.

Anyone attending the Chicago listening party was required to leave their cell phones in locked pouches, so no video has yet surfaced of West's remarks.

Andrew Barber✔@fakeshoredrive
Just heard Kanye’s new album Jesus Is King and saw the accompanying film. My favorite track is the last song and it features the Clipse. Both Push & No Malice. Kenny G is also on it. “New Body” has been cut from the album.

Here is the art
Kardashian West told "The View" that the new album was instrumental in West becoming a Christian.

"Kanye started this to really heal himself and it was a really personal thing, and it was just friends and family,” she said earlier this month. "He has had an amazing evolution of being born again and being saved by Christ."

Also Saturday night, West made a surprise appearance at a Chance the Rapper concert at Chicago's United Center.
 

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...not a fan of Kanye, in the least... but with this recent 'change of heart' being such a 'thing'.... he keeps popping up in the newsfeeds I look thru daily.... no dog in this fight... just remarkable if it's real and not another celeb pub-stunt.....

https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/kanye-west-no-more-secular-music-only-gospel

Kanye West quits secular music, says he'll make only gospel music: report

By Paul Conner Fox Business

Rap legend Kanye West said he will only make gospel music going forward -- no more secular music, according to a Chicago music promoter who was in the room.

West reportedly made the comment Saturday at a listening party in Chicago for his new album "Jesus is King: A Kanye West Experience."

"Kanye also announced that he is no longer making secular music," said Andrew Barber, owner of music media company Fake Shore Drive. "Only Gospel from here on out."

West said he is "done being an entertainer," Barber told FOX Business.


Kanye also announced that he is no longer making secular music. Only Gospel from here on out.​


West has been delaying the much-anticipated album, and his wife Kim Kardashian West teased the track list Friday.


Have faith...​

Anyone attending the Chicago listening party was required to leave their cell phones in locked pouches, so no video has yet surfaced of West's remarks.


Just heard Kanye’s new album Jesus Is King and saw the accompanying film. My favorite track is the last song and it features the Clipse. Both Push & No Malice. Kenny G is also on it. “New Body” has been cut from the album.​


Here is the art​

Kardashian West told "The View" that the new album was instrumental in West becoming a Christian.

"Kanye started this to really heal himself and it was a really personal thing, and it was just friends and family,” she said earlier this month. "He has had an amazing evolution of being born again and being saved by Christ."

Also Saturday night, West made a surprise appearance at a Chance the Rapper concert at Chicago's United Center.
I’m not sure what’s damning about him getting press attention for this. How extremely rare in his business is claiming to be born again and giving up secular music? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
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...not a fan of Kanye, in the least... but with this recent 'change of heart' being such a 'thing'.... he keeps popping up in the newsfeeds I look thru daily.... no dog in this fight... just remarkable if it's real and not another celeb pub-stunt.....

https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/kanye-west-no-more-secular-music-only-gospel

Kanye West quits secular music, says he'll make only gospel music: report

By Paul Conner Fox Business

Rap legend Kanye West said he will only make gospel music going forward -- no more secular music, according to a Chicago music promoter who was in the room.

West reportedly made the comment Saturday at a listening party in Chicago for his new album "Jesus is King: A Kanye West Experience."

"Kanye also announced that he is no longer making secular music," said Andrew Barber, owner of music media company Fake Shore Drive. "Only Gospel from here on out."

West said he is "done being an entertainer," Barber told FOX Business.


Kanye also announced that he is no longer making secular music. Only Gospel from here on out.​


West has been delaying the much-anticipated album, and his wife Kim Kardashian West teased the track list Friday.


Have faith...​

Anyone attending the Chicago listening party was required to leave their cell phones in locked pouches, so no video has yet surfaced of West's remarks.


Just heard Kanye’s new album Jesus Is King and saw the accompanying film. My favorite track is the last song and it features the Clipse. Both Push & No Malice. Kenny G is also on it. “New Body” has been cut from the album.​


Here is the art​

Kardashian West told "The View" that the new album was instrumental in West becoming a Christian.

"Kanye started this to really heal himself and it was a really personal thing, and it was just friends and family,” she said earlier this month. "He has had an amazing evolution of being born again and being saved by Christ."

Also Saturday night, West made a surprise appearance at a Chance the Rapper concert at Chicago's United Center.
He's a false messiah against rising endustry-satanism conspiracies... You really mean well.
 

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I won't say I'm a hater. I doubt West has had a spiritual experience. When I think about the fact that he married into a family of men dressed like women, it's hard to believe there is in any change in him. He has talent. I love his old stuff, but Kim's a tranny.
 

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I've always liked Kanye. But how's he going to say he's done chasing gold? Pretty sure he's still charging outrageous prices for merch. Now maybe his prices are the industry standard, but I don't really know. I just know I haven't liked what I've heard.

I almost bought some Rap merch not that long ago. And thank God I didn't. Because I recently realized how closely related rappers are to porn stars. What I mean is, porn stars, like musicians these days think you are a loser if you go the free content route. And when you actually buy the content they think you are an idiot or poser.
 

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The way he acts the last few years is indicative that he is not after the acceptance of man, especially in contrast to his early years. “Ye shall know them by their fruits” - his behavior is different. I don’t know if he is truly born again, that article gives me hope and I have ALWAYS felt something different about him, when I feel so many in his position are scum. I’ve been a fan since the beginning and knew that there was a seed inside of him planted that just needed watering. I truly hope this is authentic. They probably sign stuff not to leak any music. I’d LOVE to attend a Sunday Service, not just as a fan, but to see if it’s the real deal or creepy and cultish.
the ye shall know them by their fruits is not talking about a christians behavior, its talking about false preachers and how you will know them by their fruits. Its not to see If a christian is actually a christian because they live good lives, its talking about false prophets.
 

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https://juicyecumenism.com/2019/10/21/kanye-west-christianity/


October 21, 2019

What Should We Make of Kanye West’s Christianity?
Hip Hop artist Kanye West declared himself a born-again Christian while visiting Washington, D.C. on October 12. “I’m not here for your entertainment,” West said during Howard University’s Homecoming. “We’re here to spread the Gospel.”

In a video published by the entertainment site TMZ, West is heard directing the audience’s attention to Philippians chapter 2 before adding, “Excuse me if I mispronounce anything, I’m a recent convert. Means I recently got saved within this year.” One clip shows West reading Ephesians 4:9 and in another, he is heard discussing Mark 1:15, which he called one of his favorites verses.

Likely few readers of this blog regularly listen to West’s music. To be frank, I’m not hip enough to write much about West. I’m the mom of two babies. My car stereo blasts “Wheels on the Bus” on repeat. And, I don’t know about you, but I tend to be skeptical whenever I hear celebrities talking about Jesus.

Still, I’ve thought about how the clips of West at Howard University certainly sound different from other celebrities who thank God in one breath and mock Him the next. There is an excitement, awe, and wonder in his voice familiar in new saints who’ve just met their Savior personally. “On fire for God,” is a term we Charismatics might use and I find myself excited for him.

Maybe this is some sort of publicity stunt. If so, it’s a pretty convincing ruse detailed down to the spiritual leaders surrounding the hip hop artist and his most recent professional and personal transformations.

Who is influencing Kanye?

This year, West began what he calls “Sunday Services,” a type of worship gathering with a choir belting out Gospel music and Christianized popular songs at his home in Los Angeles. These events began as private, invite-only events that have expanded to gatherings in Chicago, Atlanta, Detroit, and New York that are open to the public and sometimes held in church sanctuaries.

While music is the focal point, short sermons are often delivered by a young Reformed pastor named Adam Tyson. Christianity Today ran an interesting profile piece on Tyson, who is the senior pastor of Placerita Bible Church, in Santa Clarita, California. The Bible church has an average Sunday attendance of 350 and focuses heavily on discipleship and outreach to students at a nearby conservative Christian college, The Master’s University.

Tyson is a graduate of The Master’s Seminary, whose leadership, until recently, included pastor and author John MacArthur (now chancellor emeritus). Tyson also teaches biblical counseling at The Master’s University and leads an evening Bible study with West and his employees.

“I want to be faithful to a new brother in the faith, Kanye,” Tyson told Christianity Today. “I want to help him be connected to the Word of God. I told him, ‘As long as you’re exalting Christ, I’m 100% behind you.’”

I watched a recording of West’s Sunday Service at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Honestly, I heard the Gospel preached more here than I did at the Red Letter Christian “Goldsboro Revival” that I attended two weeks ago.

At one point during worship, West said, “Let’s not be concerned with the validation of men at all. Only the validation of God. To hold each other accountable…to be radically in service to Christ is the only culture I want to know about.” He also talked about transformation and miracles and — catch this — the devil and sin.”The road to Hell can be paved with ‘I’m just a good person,'” West declared in between singing Gospel praise.

West’s audience was more racially and age diverse, too. The entertainer’s platform is an undeniably, nearly limitless sphere of influence within popular culture.

“I know for a fact that I am a strong member in pop culture,” West said during his Howard University appearance. “I worshiped the idea of labels, brand names. I worshiped cars. I worshiped the city I grew up in. I probably said Chicago more in my career than I said Jesus.”

“This is an opportunity to reach pop culture and America for Christ.” Tyson expressed to CT, “I’m fired up.”

How has Kanye changed in recent years?

Skeptics will point out that West has displayed signs of mental instability. After all, this is the man who famously said, “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” and inappropriately swiped the mic from Taylor Swift at an award show. The rapper sparked more controversy with his favorable support of President Trump and a bright red “Make America Great Again” hat. He has even opened up about his struggle with bipolar disorder.

So could his Sunday Services be aimed at wider publicity or more bizarre antics? Or is his Christian faith rooted in something deeper? In Matthew 7:15, Jesus said, “You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?”

West’s music career certainly seems to have transformed into an effort to glorify Christ. Reportedly, West will no longer record secular music. His new Gospel album, titled “Jesus is King,” is expected to release October 25. CBS News reported that his latest album contains no explicit language and addresses themes of salvation through Christ. West is also set to release an IMAX film under the same name later this month.

In the video clip of West at Howard University, you can hear Kanye rapping the lyrics, “Don’t let them indoctrinate. Closed on Sunday. You my Chick-fil-a. This ain’t game-day. Get your house in shape. Train your sons. Raise them in the faith.” Okay, it’s a bit comical to hear Chick-fil-a mentioned in a rap song. But considering West’s previous lyrical content, I’ll gladly hear the fast-food chain reference.

More recently, outlets like the Christian Post reportedthat Kanye West dislikes seeing pictures of his wife Kim Kardashian dressing “too sexy” in public, now that he is a born-again Christian.

In a video clip from his wife’s television show, Keeping Up With the Kardashians, West recognized that he previously urged his wife to “be just like the other girls showing her body off.’” During the exchange, the hip hop artist shared, “You are my wife and it affects me when pictures are too sexy.”

West’s wife Kim is of Armenian Orthodox heritage. But in an uncomfortable scene to watch, Kardashian tells her husband that she is not on the same journey of transformation with him. It is saddening to watch West simply reply, “Ok” before walking out of the room.

This exchange all unfolds in front of a camera, which you would think fuels the nagging skeptic in the back of my head. In this case, it doesn’t. Maybe my ignorance of celebrity culture makes me naïve, but I’m hopeful West’s faith is sincere.

While I don’t know the ultimate motives of West, here’s what I am unquestionably convinced of: Jesus Christ’s mercy extends to celebrities, to rappers, to people who struggle with bipolar disorder, to people who unintentionally get theology wrong, to registered Republicans and Democrats alike, and to people who make mistake after mistake after mistake.

A celebrity of West’s status is under tremendous global scrutiny. Skeptics will want to see him stumble and fall in his walk with Jesus. And he probably will. Just like the rest of us daily sanctified through the Holy Spirit. In my opinion, all the scrutiny surrounding West’s Christian conversion simply means he could use our prayers.

(You can watch West’s Howard University appearance below.)
 
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