Pictured at right are Rev. Carlton Funderburke and Rev. Sylarena Funderburke, co-pastors of the evangelical Church of the Well in Kansas City MO, which they founded some years ago.
The Funderburkes and their three children manage to live on an annual income in the vicinity of $70,000, which they receive from their congregation in a city where the median household income is $56,179.
Rev. Carlton described his faithful followers as "poor" while delivering a stinging rebuke to them, captured on the video below, for not buying him a Movado watch for which he had asked a year ago!
Movados sell for $395 to $3295, but surely (he told astonished worshippers) that's not too much to give to "take care of God's shepher." As he paced around the stage on Sunday, August 7th, he called his congregation "poor, broke, busted, and disgusted." Give a listen.
Just in case you can't open the video, or don't believe a man of the cloth could be so avaricious, here are a few more of Rev. Carlton's choice words.
"I'm not worth your McDonald's money? I'm not worth your Red Lobster money? I ain't worth your St. John Knits -- y'all can't afford it nohow. I ain't worth your Louis Vuitton? I ain't worth your Prada? I'm not worth your Gucci?"
He went on to say that he was wanted his members to "know what God is saying.... Ooh, you can buy a Movado at Sam's [Club] and you know I asked for one last year. And here it is all the way in August and I still ain't got it. Let me kick down the door and talk to my cheap sons and daughters."
The video, posted to TikTok four days ago, has racked up hundreds of thousands of views and comments. The Funderburkes' congregation plans to take up a collection this coming Sunday to enrol Rev. Carlton in a Remedial English course.
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