The congregation of the California Worship
Center were on their feet over the weekend
when Kanye West brought along his very
own Sunday Service.
West has been experimenting with the new
Christian project over the last few months,
a venture that has until now been highly
exclusive.
It initially started out with only music, no
sermon or prayer, but has evolved into an
ever more Christian gathering with
megachurch pastor Rich Wilkerson Jr –
who married West and his wife Kim
Kardashian back in 2014 – turning up at a
recent Sunday Service to preach a
sermon.
This time round, West has taken Sunday
Service from its usual meeting place in
Calabasas to a middle school in Los
Angeles’ North Hollywood neighbourhood
where the California Worship Center
meets.
Footage shared to Instagram showed that it
was a full house in the auditorium, with the
congregation all on their feet praising as
West played music from the stage at the
front.
Unlike his live rap concerts where he
commands the crowds, he cut a lowkey
figure in a white shirt and shades, playing
a keyboard while a choir belted out praise
songs including Fred Hammond’s This Is
The Day and Tye Tribbett’s Lift Him Up.
According to the Daily Mail, West and his
band arrived at around 11am and played
for nearly three hours.
West’s Sunday Service is normally an
intimate gathering of close friends and
family and the Kardashians have often
been in attendance. In the past, Kim has
described the Sunday Service as a
“Christian spiritual experience”.
Her sister Kourtney, a regular at Hillsong
Church, told Jimmy Kimmel that the
meeting was “Christian” and that one of
the songs they often sing is Kanye’s
“Jesus Walks”, from his 2004 album The
College Dropout .
In recent footage, Wilkerson drew applause
from the crowd when he preached about
trusting Jesus.
That footage was shared by Justin
Bieber to his 117 million Instagram
followers with an invitation to trust in
Jesus.
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