The Gospel

Yeah!

Come on and stand up on your feet

and give God some praise.

Get up! Get up! Get up! Get up!

Come on.

Come on. Get up on your feet.

Get up on your feet.

Come on, sing it.

Our God is an awesome God.

I'm so proud of you.

Oh, the Lord is moving in here.

The Lord is moving in here.

Now, I'm here to say

that the God I serve

is a awesome God.

And I'm so happy

that the youth of the church

are channeling their energies

into doing God's work.

I wanna take a minute

to acknowledge two young men

whose stars are shining

especially bright.

My son, David Taylor,

and his close friend, Charles Frank.

Come on up here.

Come on up here, Frank.

- Thank you, Jesus.

- Come on.

These two wonderful young men

are one class shy

of graduating from our

youth ministry training program

and they're moving on

to becoming ministers.

- Amen. Amen.

- Hallelujah.

- Wanna swing by the mall later?

- I can't.

My dad's in a meeting

and my mom's picking me up.

Man, your cousin Charlene

is gonna be there.

Now you trying to get at my cousin?

She must be trying to get at me.

She gave me her number.

Let me see. Give me that, man.

What are you...?

- Crazy?

- Minister Hunter.

Can I speak to you for a minute?

That ain't even the right number

anyway. It starts with a 404.

- Lorraine Taylor?

- Room 201.

Where's the father?

On his way back from a conference.

Dear Lord

please don't let my mother die.

She's done so much for people.

And we need her here with us, Lord.

I'd do anything you ask.

Anything.

Please.

I love you.

- Ernestine.

- Bishop.

I got here as soon as I could.

Is she okay?

- Let me... No, I'm so sorry.

- Ernestine.

She's gone.

Ernestine, no.

But before you go in the room,

I need to talk to you.

I just need to go in and see her.

- Let me just go in and see her.

- No, bishop, please.

- Let me go in and see her.

- What's he doing here?

- Son, I'm sorry.

- No. My mother's already gone.

- It's too late now.

- David.

She died and you were away

with the church like always.

Son.

- There are things parents need to...

- Get off of me. I hate you!

Ernestine.

David.

David.

D. T! D. T! D. T! D. T!

You did your thing out there, man.

That's what it do.

What did I say? Rip the shirt off.

See how they fell all over the place?

- That's what I'm talking about.

- God!

- And I'm just getting started, huh?

- I know this.

In six months, David Taylor's

gonna be a household name.

That's what I've been

telling you, boy.

Hey, man, you packing clubs

like a superstar.

Selling records like a superstar.

- Now I want dollars like a superstar.

- Superstar.

Yo, Dave. What up?

I gotta buy tickets

to holler at you now?

- Something you need, Stone?

- No.

I'm trying to holler at the man

I helped make a superstar. It's all chill.

But he's still gotta holler at me

about that contract.

Look, man, you're drunk.

I got nothing to say.

- You got nothing to say to me?

- Are you deaf?

I got something to say to you!

D! D!

Where's security at?

- It's over, man, it's over.

- What's up? Get off of me.

You want some more of this? What?

- Take him home.

- Get him out of here, boy.

- What is wrong with that guy?

- It's cool.

- I put him on!

- I know. Ignorant.

It's all good.

- Relax.

- I put him on a hit record.

Don't let him spoil our night.

Know what I'm saying? In fact

I got a couple dime brizzles

picked out just for you, baby.

Look at them right there.

- That's why you're my manager.

- Yes, sir.

- Wesley said it, and it shall be done.

- And it shall be done.

Yes, sir. Yo, let's mix some drinks

up in here, baby.

Last quarter, New Revelations'

attendance was down 18 percent.

Well, that may be true

on the surface

but if you'll look at the

quarterly report, you'll see

that the 18-percent drop has not

affected our primary financial base.

You can pay the mortgage,

utilities and payroll

but there's no room

for renovations.

And it's put an additional burden

on your core congregation.

I think our congregation

is in a better position

to tell us what's a burden to them.

Where are you going to get

money for supplies?

That's the reason

we're asking for your help.

Give us a few days. I'll take it under

advisement, and we'll contact you.

Henry, that won't be necessary.

They're giving us a few days.

Bishop Stackhouse has something

he needs to tell us.

And you're not gonna

leave here until you do, Henry.

We go back, Fred.

Obviously, we don't

go back far enough.

This is not about friendship.

It's about what's practical.

And what exactly does that mean?

It means you've got 30 days.

If you've got a thriving congregation,

then you've got our support.

But what you need to do

is put yourself in a mental state

where you can tell your congregation

that you're gonna be closing down.

This is my life's work, Henry,

and you know that.

- It's bigger than you.

- But it's not bigger than God.

Let me tell you something, Henry.

I won't let you.

- You what?

- I wont let you!

Call 911.

Answer your phone.

What's up?

Hey, Miss Ernestine.

No, I'm good. What's going on?

Yeah.

No, tomorrow's the last show.

What?

Slow down.

Oh, boy. What about him?

What? When?

Well...

Yeah, well, all right. Can l...?

Let me call you back.

All right.

See? Now, that's the reason

I got into this business.

The dime brizzles.

And I be working for you, D.

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