A pastor has sparked outrage after labeling Beyoncé ‘A WITCH’ and slamming ‘any Christian’ who is planning to attend her concerts – despite admitting she was ‘addicted’ to the popstar’s music in resurfaced 2010 tweet,
The US pastor went viral after labeling Beyoncé ‘a witch’ and
took aim at fans.
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‘Any of you who are going to Beyoncé’s concert I rebuke you,’
the pastor said
A sermon posted on February 12 about the singer
sparked fierce debate
A pastor has gone viral after labeling
record-breaking Grammy winner Beyoncé ‘a witch’ and furiously shamed any
Christian who plans to attend her concert.
Self-proclaimed
‘prophetess’ Tiphani Montgomery, who founded the Covered By God ministry,
shared a video on her TikTok and YouTube on February 12 in which she said:
‘Any of you who are going to Beyoncé’s concert I rebuke you in the name of
Jesus, how dare you call yourself a Christian.
‘I don’t care what pastor you got who’s OK with it, I don’t
care what pastor you got that think it’s cool, I don’t care what pastor you
got that sing along to the songs because they want some clout.’
Tiphani,
who is from North Carolina but preaches in various locations across the US,
then goes on to suggest that Beyoncé is ‘a witch’ and fans of the singer are
part of a ‘coven.’
A US pastor has gone viral after labeling
record-breaking Grammy winner Beyoncé ‘a witch’ and rebuked any Christian
who planned to attend her concert.
Any of you who are going to
Beyoncé’s concert I rebuke you in the name of Jesus,’ ‘Prophetess’ Tiphani
Montgomery said. Beyoncé is pictured in 2016
‘When a witch has a
coven it’s normally a small thing. Witch’s covens are normally three to
seven people,’ the pastor added.
‘When it becomes thousands it’s called a hive. Y’all a part of
that lady Beyhive? And you call yourself a Christian? May the dealings of
the Lord come upon you.’
The video has been seen almost 50,000 times on
both platforms combined, with mixed reactions to the sermon.
‘I
love the Lord with ALL my soul and I will bless His name at all times but
this is a form of manipulation in the same way that she’s suggesting that
Beyoncé is using her platform,’ one Instagram user said.
Another person
added: ‘As a Christian I’m not sure why judging others is such a thing smh
(not everyone does it but….) We can guide others without being judgmental
and commanding towards controlling people.
‘Last time I check only God can judge. I wish we would simply guide
and remind people of the love of God rather than bringing others down and
speaking negative on people to remind them of God.’
Former
Destiny’s Child member and Beyoncé’s friend Michelle Williams also made an
Instagram reel addressing the video, saying: ‘It also looks like I am
entering the chat.
‘I am just watching a lot going on, things
that are being said, specifically about entertainers, specifically about
entertainers that I even have relationships with, entertainers that I know
off the stage,’ Michelle said.
Tiphani then goes on to suggest that Beyoncé was a witch and
fans of the singer were part of a ‘coven’
‘I just wish we would
pray as publicly for entertainers as we rebuke them and damn their soul to
hell.
‘I know it ain’t my calling mission to damn entertainers to
hell and to say that they would drop dead. The devil is a lie.’
Michelle has often spoken out about her Christian faith and released a
number of Gospel albums after leaving the R&B-pop group.
However
one supporter, Raven Hartwell, said she agreed with ‘everything [Tiphani]
was saying, absolutely.’
She added there were ‘so many people mad right now, upset, and
sticking up for Beyoncé and completely missing the message.’
Tiphani’s
critics have also labeled her a ‘hypocrite’ after unearthing old tweets
where she declared herself to be a fan of Beyoncé, and even said she
attended the singer’s shows.
‘Am I the only one addicted to Beyonce’s
song: Why don’t u love me??? #nowplaying It again smh,’ she tweeted in
2010.
Tiphani’s critics have also labeled her a ‘hypocrite’ after
unearthing old tweets where she appeared to be a fan of Beyoncé. She
addressed them in a tweet on February 13She added in another tweet: ‘What’s
my point? My point is anytime you’re a mouth piece for God they will try to
discredit you’The video has been seen almost 50,000 times on both platforms
combined, with mixed reactions to the sermon about the singer. Beyoncé is
seen last month in Dubai
‘Got a chance to catch the Jay Z and Beyonce concert and it was
AMAZING!!!’ Tiphani added in another tweet from 2014.
The pastor
addressed the resurfaced tweets on February 13, saying: ‘I publicly came
against and denounced their god baalyonce (sic) so they found these tweets
from 2010, 2011, 2014.
‘But I had just did a YouTube the night
before saying I was the BIGGEST jay z and baalyonce (sic) fan… until I got
saved in my shower in August 2015.’
She added in another tweet: ‘What’s my point? My point is
anytime you’re a mouth piece for God they will try to discredit you. But I’m
more afraid of The Living God than I am dead skeletons!’
Tiphani
describes herself as an ‘unlikely entrepreneur’ who was a teen mom and a
college dropoutCritics also took aim at her previously published adult
books, including The Millionaire Mistress series, with Tiphani responding:
‘I stopped writing those six years before I got saved’
Critics also took aim at her previously published adult books,
including The Millionaire Mistress series.
‘I will not listen to
her sermons. Tiphani Montgomery is fake, living two lives, using the church
for attention & money yet writing sleazy sultry sex books for money too.
& before you say this is old it’s not, these books are from 2020,’ one
person said.
To this point, Tiphani responded: ‘I stopped writing
those books SIX YEARS BEFOREEEEEEE I got saved.
‘I also have never received money from those books since 2010 bc I sold the rights to them away. I also can’t get them taken off of Amazon bc I don’t own them. I know bc I’ve been trying for years now.’
DailyMail.com has contacted Tiphani and Beyonce’s
representatives for further comment.
Tiphani describes herself as
an ‘unlikely entrepreneur’ who was a teen mom and a college dropout.
According
to her website, she is CEO of Millions Conference and founded Kingdom
Entrepreneur University, ‘a high level online educational platform that has
trained 3,000+ entrepreneurs worldwide.’
She started Covered By
God, which is ‘a prophetic and teaching ministry designed to wake up and
stir the church with an awakening of the Holy Spirit and build up God’s
prophets and prophetic voices to impact the nations.’
