Marvin Sapp, award-winning gospel artist and pastor, recently shared his heart on the spate of Christian ministers committing suicide and suggested that the issue of mental health was "taboo" in the urban community. The Michigan minister also revealed that if it were not for his late wife's expertise in and advocacy for psychological well-being, he also might have taken his own life three years ago.
our opinion that the koran promotes violence. open up the koran for yourself and you ll find it. pastor sapp, good to talk to you today. i appreciate you spent a little time with me. thank you. well, so there you have one view of one church in florida sparking the outrage. there s another church here in tennessee, it s called heart strong church that s taking a far different approach. let me bring in steve stone who is theastor there in tennessee. tell me how your approaching differs from what we just heard from pastor sapp? well, when the islamic center bought the land across from us a year and a half ago, as fast as we could, we got up a big red banner that said, welcome to the neighborhood. they are our neighbors. the jesus i love and follow teaches us to love our neighbors. when you heard pastor sapp saying he s encouraging muslims to read the koran and see how violent it is, how would you
tension after lapd, one officer, shot and killed a guatemalan immigrant who had a night. they pelted officers with eggs, rocks, bottles, while police officers fired nonfoam bullets at the crowds. a florida church is refusing to back down on plans to burn the koran saturday despite international outrage and even a plea from the secretary of state. the associate pastor joins me from dove outreach center in gainesville. i know there s a news conference that is planned. pastor sapp, does your church still plan to burn these korans? yes, we do. why? well, we feel it s something that is called for. right now there s an element in islam growing rapidly. we feel it s something that needs to have very close scrutiny. there hasรง been major