Winans Rebukes Donor During Fundraiser

Pastor Marvin Winans of Detroit’s Perfecting Church was recorded rebuking a congregant during a Day of Giving fundraiser after she presented $1,235 toward what many attendees understood as his request for "$1,000 plus $1,000." The phrasing "$1,000 plus 1" created confusion; Winans corrected the woman, saying the amount was only $1,200 and insisting she had not followed his instruction, which prompted backlash over his tone and megachurch fundraising practices. Clips of the exchange, edited from the church’s YouTube stream, went viral on social media. The collection was intended to support a long-running building project at 7 Mile and Woodward that has been under construction since 2002. Winans, a prominent member of the Winans gospel family with an estimated net worth of about $5 million, and Perfecting Church have not issued a public response as debate continues online.