The Gospel Page #5

I prayed and I prayed

and he brought you back.

Yeah. I'm here.

It's okay.

It's okay, son.

It's okay.

We'll make sure that the center

does a special service for him.

And know that we'll always

be there for you, okay?

- Thank you.

- God bless you.

I can't buy you the things

that he can

and I'm not famous

or anything like that.

Where's all this coming from?

I know I've made some mistakes

in the past.

But I've always taken care

of my responsibilities.

I've been doing

some soul-searching

and I'm just trying to get it right,

you know?

And I've been thinking that maybe

we could work on being together.

Being a family.

That is

if things between you and

the megastar aren't too serious.

Think about it.

The celebration will honor

my uncle Bishop Taylor's memory

and, in conclusion

we will publicly recognize my

husband, Frank, as the new pastor.

Now, there'll be a lot of important

people there to help move

our ministry to the next level.

- Really?

- Yeah, I mean, we need a victory lap

to help show the congregation

and the head bishop

that we in good shape.

And, oh, I wanna take a special

offering on Sunday's service

to help propel us towards that goal.

Write that down.

I'll set it up, but I'm scheduled

to visit Divine Souls

for the pastor's

anniversary service

so I really won't be able

to facilitate that for you.

- Come again?

- I won't be here.

Oh, no, I heard that part.

Does Divine Soul Ministries

take precedence

over New Revelations business?

Listen, Bishop Taylor would never

question my loyalty.

I'm not Bishop Taylor.

You don't have to remind us.

We're all quite painfully aware of that.

Sorry I'm late.

Late for what?

To discuss the revival plans.

Oh, well, you know,

that's mighty noble of you

young David, but...

- Reverend.

I'm sorry, Miss Ernestine. This

meeting is for the business at hand.

If David wants to come back,

make an appointment.

- Thank you very much.

- Appointment?

Does...?

Would you like me

to send a fax or e-mail

or will a phone call suffice?

- That's not necessary.

No, that's all right, Charlene.

We all a little emotional these days.

Put your ego aside for one minute

so we can discuss these plans.

You know, David

this revival isn't just

about Bishop Taylor.

The man who built this church.

We have a congregation

to think about.

Don't pretend this event means

more to you than your own spotlight.

Let church people handle

church business.

This will always be my father's church.

That makes it my business.

Don't come here talking about

"my father" and "his church."

While you were playing

the absentee son

we were here with your father

doing God's work.

Normally, I'd be coming

at you right now, but... Hold on.

- Out of respect for my father's church

and these people, I'll give you a pass.

You can thank your

work with God for that.

Amen.

David.

- David!

- Miss Ernestine, I love you, all right?

But you need

to leave me alone right now.

You're running from the church

that needs you because of adversity?

I'm not a minister, all right?

I'm an entertainer.

That's what I do. That's who I am.

That's what you ran to.

That's not who you are.

Let them fight over it. I don't care.

But it's your father's legacy.

Who's gonna fight if you don't?

David!

So, what's up?

I just wanted to see you before I left.

- You're leaving?

- I gotta get back on tour, you know.

They're expecting me

in Philly tomorrow.

My father's gone.

Ain't no reason for me to stay.

It was nice knowing you too,

even if it was for a little while.

Well, I mean, we can still,

you know, stay in touch.

Well, that's cool. You'll come back.

You'll check on us from time to time.

- That's not what I meant.

- No, really, it's cool.

Are you gonna get this?

Someone must really be trying

to reach you.

It's Oscar.

Oh, Alexis' father.

He just moved back here.

What's that?

Right.

Oh, absolutely.

Well, right now, Dave's just picking up

a few family mementos.

Yes, sir. We'll hit up

a couple clubs tonight

then tomorrow we're on

the first thing smoking out of here.

Well, this is our first concert

since our little hiatus

so we wanna do it big. I'm talking

about big with a capital l-G.

A dozen dime brizzles on standby

for deviant behavior.

Wes.

Hold on a sec. What up, D?

Change of plans.

After the choir sings,

the next voice you'll hear

is the Minister Terence Hunter

from New Revelations.

Let's make sure that we give him

a Divine Souls welcome.

Amen.

That's some mighty powerful words

you gave us in there. I appreciate that.

Thanks for having me. You guys are

doing some amazing things here.

I can honestly say that the Lord is

blessing us here at Divine Souls.

I know what's going on

with New Revelations.

You trying to make

the deadline and all.

So how is that coming, anyway?

Let's just say I'm praying

about the whole situation

and still waiting for some direction.

Come on, now!

Amen.

God is good.

We are blessed.

- It's a new day!

- New day!

- Amen?

- Amen.

Amen. I want you to turn your Bibles

to the Book of Acts.

- Thank you.

- Nice to meet you. All right.

- I thought you went back on tour.

- I...

I decided to stick around for a while.

Hey, what's going on?

How are you?

- Good.

- You sang beautifully today.

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

David, this is Oscar.

- Heard a lot about you.

- Same here.

Yeah, good to meet you.

Nice turnout.

See this?

- We knew he was gonna do it.

- We knew he was gonna do it

but we didn't know

he'd tell the world.

My lawyer said he'll have

the injunction squashed

and my residuals

back online in 30 days.

Great. But the P.R. Is bad.

Should've just put him on a song

and been done with it.

Now he's making us look like fake

producers while I line up new work.

- Did Fishman give us the extension?

- He gave it to us, yeah. But that's it.

We gotta be back on the road

the day after the revival.

Or your tour will be over faster

than you can say C+C Music Factory.

- Who?

- My point exactly.

- Minister Hunter, you got a moment?

- Sure.

- I'll see you inside.

- All right, baby.

How was your meeting

at Divine Souls?

It was fine. Why?

Well, I was just wondering

why one of my clergymen

would share Revelations business

with a member of another church.

Isaac Winston, especially.

What are you trying to do?

Make me look bad?

- You've got that covered by yourself.

- Right.

Why don't we be honest

for one moment.

You have a problem

with my appointment.

No. I've got a problem

with your attitude and perspectives.

And let me tell you,

the only reason I'm working with you

is because Bishop Taylor

asked me to.

In case you haven't figured it out,

as the head pastor of this church

it isn't up to me

to listen to your vision.

- It is the other way around.

- Who do you think you are?

I'm the pastor.

Better check yourself

before you're left here

with a congregation of one.

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