Church Members Mistreat Homeless Man in Church Unaware It Is Their Pastor in Disguise

Pastor Jeremiah Steepek transformed himself into a homeless person and went to the 10,000 member church that he was to be introduced as the head pastor at that morning.

He walked around his soon to be church for 30 minutes while it was filling with people for service, only 3 people out of the 7-10,000 people said hello to him.

He asked people for change to buy food – no one in the church gave him change.

He went into the sanctuary to sit down in the front of the church and was asked by the ushers if he would please sit in the back.

He greeted people to be greeted back with stares and dirty looks, with people looking down on him and judging him.

As he sat in the back of the church, he listened to the church announcements and such.

When all that was done, the elders went up and were excited to introduce the new pastor of the church to the congregation.

“We would like to introduce to you Pastor Jeremiah Steepek.” The congregation looked around clapping with joy and anticipation.

The homeless man sitting in the back stood up and started walking down the aisle. The clapping stopped with all eyes on him.

He walked up the altar and took the microphone from the elders (who were in on this) and paused for a moment then he recited,

“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.

“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

‘The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

After he recited this, he looked towards the congregation and told them all what he had experienced that morning. Many began to cry and many heads were bowed in shame.

He then said, “Today I see a gathering of people, not a church of Jesus Christ. The world has enough people, but not enough disciples. When will YOU decide to become disciples?”

He then dismissed service until next week.

Following in the footsteps of Jesus Christ should be more than just talk. It ought to be a lifestyle that others around you can love about you and share in.

Well its a good moral hasn't it except for the religious bit

Tricks like these are divine.

Its funny but someone like me who is not religious would prolly have given him some money.
I wouldn't have seen him inside the church ofc

Gday Black Cloud.

Awesome find mate.

Any link available to the original article ?

Homeless beggars are not just ignored by religios people they are ignored by atheithists too

It a conditioning of society that people should not help those asking for for help

I'm not sure it's that straight forward, tbh.

There are a few 'vagrants' who hang around Preston, and have done for years. One of them was sitting in the bus-station subway one night as I went through, heading to the car-park above, and apart from us, the place was deserted. He asked for money (I had given him some in the past) and I said, 'Sorry, I haven't got any money on me at all', which was true. He glowered at me, and started getting up, and I honestly thought from his demeanour that he was going to lunge at me. Luckily, a lad appeared round the corner at that moment, and he backed off.

He lives next door to a woman I used to work with. She reckoned he was by no means impoverished.

Another time, I lived in Walkden where there were steps down to a park directly opposite the house I shared with some other girls.

As I was walking home once, there was a dirty, tattered looking man lying at the bottom of the steps, whimpering for help. I was just heading down to him, when one of my house mates appeared in front of the house, shouting and gesturing urgently to me to come in. So I ran towards her, and she was telling me to get away from him.

Hey presto, within seconds this weak, injured bloke who was in need of assistance to get off the floor, was now standing at the top of the steps behind me, shouting all kinds of threats and obscenities.

I'm not suggesting for one moment that all homeless people are dangerous scammers - very far from it - and granted, there's not much threat posed when you're in the open with other people around. But incidents like the ones I've described do have an influence, and I tend to be wary now.

I AM ALL I AM wrote:

there's a few on google, here is one......

ireporterstv.co/church-members-mistreat-...-pastor-in-disguise/

Gilly wrote:
Walkden and Boro!? Its amazing you've made it this far Gilly

Well, even though it is a lovely story, it seems that's all it is. A story. Not an unlikely one, but a story nonetheless.

www.snopes.com/glurge/homelesspastor.asp

On the other hand, there are many people (of different faiths and none) that dedicate their lives to helping the down and out. So, perhaps this story is true many times over.

Something to further warm the cockles of your hearts!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24170670

And another


Campaign to reward homeless man who returned diamond engagement ring hits $175,000

Personally, I can't walk past a homeless person without giving them something. I just can't. And some of them clearly stand out to me as having been that way for a long long time... it's written all over their faces.

The way I see it, it could be any one of us that ends up this way.

No one should be homeless or hungry in the west with all the wealth available.

Just shows how barbaric the people in power are and how the system brings out the worst in people.

If the story is true we need more people like Pastor Jeremiah Steepek.

He talks the talk and walks the walk!

Great story BC