The chatter around ‘Church Girl’ has been anything but holy, placing the popular Beyonce ‘Renaissance’ song at the center of ongoing controversy.
Since the song’s July 29 unveiling, some critics have slammed its use of the 1981 Clark Sister classic ‘Center of Thy Will’ as the center of its sample – a feat of particular note as the subject matter of ‘Will’ is certainly not that of ‘Church.’
Because the writer of ‘Center,’ lead Clark Sister Twinkie Clark, gave use of the sample two thumbs up, she and Bey were the center of a headline-grabbing denunciation by President and CEO of the Upper Room COGIC Patrick Wooden (as we reported here).
As polarizing conversation around the topic continues, GRAMMY-nominated Gospel superstar Deitrick Haddon took to social media to defend the Pop diva.
Look inside to see his commentary which received a co-sign from Beyoncé’s mom, Tina Knowles-Lawson.
Taking to Instagram, Haddon wrote:
The Gospel star added:
“Let @beyonce make her song for her audience and you make your gospel song for your audience. Then mind your own business and let God be God.
If you have a problem or a concern about Beyoncé just pray for her strength! ☝🏾
On another note:
I’m glad that @twinkieclark is getting rewarded after some fake gospel label shyster swindled young, innocent Twinkie out of all her publishing! 👀
Twinkie is one of my musical heroes and it does my heart so glad to know she’s getting paid. 💰
Someone with her talent should have been super rich but she dedicated her gift to a people that half way appreciate what she has contributed to the gospel!Lord I thank you for the wealth transfer to a woman of God that deserves it. It blows my mind how God works! 🙌🏾”
The post was liked and re-shared by Bey’s Mom, Tina Knowles-Lawson.
Haddon isn’t the only Gospel megastar to weigh in on the situation.
Click here to see what Dr. Dorinda Clark-Cole, one-fourth of The Clark Sisters, said on the matter.
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Are you a famous drag queen?
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Diamond is confused, what are you talking about?
😂 @Diamond girl : he/she’s obsessed with me and see me everywhere, don’t pay any attention.
Talking to one’s self is the first sign of madness.
The Queen has spoken 👑💋
Then have yourself some help because it’s getting critical 😂 you always know what you’re talking about, you need to slow down the meth you were on last time 😘
@Jynkx,
Diamonds has read the recent and older comments, this drag queen is hateful and seems disturbed.
Diamond loves dragons like Escaflowne 😍💎
The song and entire album is for gays. 💅🏽
Her option does not count at all Periodt.
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Oh shut up, and if the album is for the gays, then you clearly have listened to it’s entirety to know, so enjoy the album she made for you and your father. Stay blessed
Say it AGAIN!!! lmaoooooooooo! 🤣
church girls can be a that really
BOOM! Epic diss🤣😂😂😂😂😂🥰 Bey has got some brilliant “ride or die”peeps!
I’ll drop it like a thotty, drop it like a thotty! Church girls acting loose, bad girls acting snotty! Let it go, girl! Let it out, girl! Twerk that ass like you came up out the South, girl! 🎶💃🏽
Yaaaaaaaaaaas! Only bad bïtćhés can RELATE! 💯🤳🏽💋
And un.born baby killers like killeryonce
Several miscarriages it’s not worth killing an unborn child JusT To Compete with Rhianna
How many drug-induced miscarriages did Whitney have?
You can be my daddy if ya want to!
You can be my daddy if ya want to!
You can be my daddy if ya want to!
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💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽
I like Beyoncé music but I disagree on that, she shouldn’t have done this. The song is good but the blasphemy is too much.
Show me the blasphany? I read my Bible, nowhere in it does it say her singing about what some girls who go to church do, so called pastors condeming people to hell, only GODcan judge, BIBLE says”JUDGEMENT BEGINS AT THE PULPIT”! Check youself!
I don’t agree with this. I think a lot of major Gospel artists are agreeing or staying quiet on the matter because they don’t want to be shunned and keep themselves in a good spot in case secular artists want to sample their music and throw some cash 💰 their way. It’s all money driven… in some cases it’s hard to tell the difference between the saved and the unsaved…the world is laughing at all the confusion in the church… Lord God help us 🙏🏾 🤦♀️
100%
Atleast you’re smart
I think its getting easier to tell the difference. The lines are getting clearer. When Beyonce can encourage people, church girls to behave like thots using songs that were supposed to glorify God, and popular gospel artists and church members co-sign, we know whose side they are presently on. The wonderful thing is that there is hope for all involved as long as they live.
Is he even paying attention? The sample itself is not what people have a problem with. It’s the fact that the Clark Sisters’s words are paired with lyrics that directly contradict what it means to be centered in God’s will. This man is almost 50 y/o. How is he so dense?
He’s just deflecting. They know the issue is with the message and has nothing to do with the use of the sample.
Christian’s are the worlds biggest hypocrites….seriously their religion is a joke…nothing about it makes sense….the followers are brainwashed weirdos who could benefit from going outside & touching grass…their no better than anyone else…a bunch of pulpit pimps and sheep…..
brainwashed…thats the keeyword everbody who is a Beyonce follower is branwashed this woman is a witch of course she gone do everthing to work against Gods will.
You can be a christian or not but what she did with that song is a insult she would never take A moslem song a do what she did with that she knows that the arabic people are crazy a dangerous and will never accept that soo she did that with Gospel
You are so right ..she can’t play with Muslims… she will surely have to deal with the hornets
Beyonce is a Christian, grew up Catholic so obviously she feels more comfortable sampling Christian songs, this isn’t blasphemy, you people need to learn to let lose and not take everything to seriously especially when you go around blogs hating on successful women then call God to justify your wickedness, calling hed a witch based on YouTube video with cringe conspiracy theories, I flipping hate some Americans, so entitled and deluded
SHE GON’ SHAKE THAT @$$ & THEM PRETTY TIG OL’ BITTYS!!! 💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽
The song is a self read by beyonce. Didn’t she once sing this song?
Nasty, put some clothes on, I told ya
Don’t walk out your house without your clothes on, I told ya
Girl, what you thinkin’ ’bout lookin’ that to’ down, I told ya
These men don’t want no hot female
That’s been around the block female, you nasty, girl
Both Deitrick and Tank speak truth and this so called prophet is not of God period.
Exactly 💯
All Ima say is Bey would never do this to the Jews or Catholics because she knows damn well The Hive won’t win that battle that’s a whole different spectrum that can f*** with the money she already had to change a lyric so that would’ve been evident.
Gworl shut the hell up
Exactly 💯 …she knows who to play with
Ppl are so afraid to be blacklisted they have to defend anything jayz wife does. She could a kill a person in cold blood and y’all would find a way to defend her. Sheep sheep sheep
I am very conflicted over this “ Church Girl” song and I choose to stand up for the Pastor(s) on this one rather than Beyoncé. Most, maybe not all are not picking on her. They are letting her know this is not ok. Yes sinners do what sinners do AND I get it, Beyoncé is a secular artist so I do not expect her to act like a gospel artist. I’m almost certain that neither did the Pastor(s) who took a stand on the song “Church Girl”. But, just like Cigarettes are hazardous to everyone’s health, it’s different when advertisers start subtly directing their messaging toward children. That’s when Folks start speaking up and taking a stand. “ Church Girl” is hopefully speaking about and to Church WOMEN and not programming young girls, but the song IS entitled “ Church GIRL”. AND, it sends strong messaging that mocks our Church Girls! It encourages our CHURCH GIRLS to express their sexuality, but the context here goes against everything believers want for our girls, calling it Freedom!
Whether Beyoncé cares about us taking a stand or not does not mean we shouldn’t. It does not mean OUR “Church Girls” should not witness us supporting them & speaking up for them who are trying to live a chaste life, waiting to with complete liberty express their sexuality… but with their husbands. Who knows, since Beyoncé’ started her career out while attending Church she just may hear God’s Heart on the matter. If we say nothing we can expect nothing.
Soooo….Have u seen Ms. Knowles dropping it like a ho? Nope. Have u seen Beyonce or Solange, other than on stage, dropping it like a ho? My guess is no. Have u seen Beyonce’s daughter(s) dropping it like a h***. Again, no. THIS IS PURELY ENTERTAINMENT + the way these folks make their money is by U dropping it/acting like a ho… This is not about who’s successful or unsuccessful, but about content + platform.
* responsible use of a (huge) platform. Folks — many if not most entertainers, including Beyonce — are making HUGE amounts of money selling a pack of lies and telling folks to do stuff they would NE ER do — and HAVE NEVER done. Geez: When are we going to wake up?
Satan is a slick warrior. Dedidrck is one deceived brother and you lead others the wrong way. You never stand for the right. This song is about self worship, sexual freedom, and behavior that is not that of a true worshiper of Christ. We can fool ourselves if we want but professing a form of Godliness but denying its power is wrong. The word speaks specifically against all these things in this song. Make your choice between Gods word and man’s opinion.
Who among us is righteous & holy enough to separate the wheat from tares? There’s a message in this song that describes the reality of “the religious” systems throughout the world posing as the Universal Body of Christ… but houses precisely what Beyonce is describing as church girls & boys today.
The Kingdom of God is [WITHIN], but we have been brainwashed to believe in & seek after the religious philosophies of fallible men!
It is our rejection of the sacrificial work of Jesus that prevents us from receiving eternal life, since we ALL have fallen short of meeting God’s standard of Righteousness!
Sanctification is a lifelong process and each of us is on a unique path of being transformed into the Image of God!
So, again… Who among us is worthy to judge others who sins differently?
For those of us who believe in the Son of God, God’s GRACE is adequate enough to cover our past, present & future sins. Does this give us a license to continue in disobedience? No, but it should strengthen our relationship with Spirit & Truth, knowing that we are no longer slaves to our shortcomings, mistakes, errors & sins!
Nothing can separate us from God’s amazing ❤! He is the Author & Finisher of our FAITH!
“PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH ME, GOD IS NOT THROUGH WITH ME YET!”
Well. I don’t care what Deitrick or any other gospel artist has to say in defense of “Bey’s” latest project. YOU DON’T MIX WORDLY GARBAGE WITH HOLINESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PERIOD! We already have enough of that going on in our Gospel Music Industry as it is.
Well. I don’t care what Deitrick or any other gospel artist has to say in defense of “Bey’s” latest project. YOU DON’T MIX WORDLY GARBAGE WITH HOLINESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PERIOD! We already have enough of that going on in our Gospel Music Industry as it is.
Agreed!
Agreed! Gospel artist have been sampling secular songs for years, which there has been negative critique over it as well….perhaps not as much as Beyoncé and Church Girl. But that’s a fallacious argument because: You cannot take an example of something that you deem as being wrong to prove another wrong to be right.
Mr.Dreerick H.
The Bible speaks on U.
This Women with Three children begin this Nasty Song off with LORD,our Savior in Old Testament.
I know Jesus came down to REDEEMED MAN FROM SIN making them one
Who wrote that Song for U . If course U probably had already gave your Soul to the Devil, Satan soothsayer.
Maybe your Mom didn’t or don’t know her self,. THE ONLY THING THAT WILL HELP U. IS U is unlearned about REVELATION or the Sin that there is no forgiveness for
Blasphemous Blasphemy the holy Ghost ding Nasty Song out denouncing MY SAVIOR,I have a personal relationship with The Father,The Son Holy Ghost three and One .
U Clark’s sister watch out going along with worldly things ” My Bible said come out from amongst them be Yea separate from FILTHY,nastness.
First of all Preaching and Praying – hit me in my Face,some people don’t want any part of U, However, shower her with Love
Send her Money,gifts,Lovenotes.
It not alright but we falls out with Loveone,
Recently my own child but it was behind my Granddaughter, trying to go to School,Mom in the army don’t wanna turn over her papers are give her Simply because she went and finished our school with daughter.
I could voice my opinion because from 6 monthi,I took care of her til she was in the 1st grade. Then got her back for 3 more Years.
When need change she call,I sends not 5, 10 dollars
I mails out from 50.00 to $100.00
so,I get angry ( In Psalm got got Angry Sin not
We are not Jealous OF Anyone,we just don’t wanna Witness anyone disrespecting OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN.
YOUNG PREACHING FEMALE’S IF U CAN GO OUT AND BUY A 10.00 TO 89.00 TO 899.00 TO 2,99.00 PANTSUITS.
Buy a Dress.God make U a FEMALE,I don’t think U respecting God.
NOW ,JERZBEL ,read the BIBLE, this Lady girl,Father was a KING, why would she be on the STREETS! Whoring selling her body, Prostitutes.
The Bible read: she practice witchcraft, all day long, later got with a cousin, making Golden images, . having Men’s and Family killed once she got old for their Land.
Remember ELIJAh came on the Scene, they need rain in the city. Elijah send for Ahad telling Obijah go get . Obijah almost had a STROKE saying Man of God those two are dangerous . Please note last month they killed up so many men. I save at least over a 100.I got them over in that cave I feed the Bread and Water daily. If they found out we all dead
HOWEVER the Prophet dio let up
They had a showdown: Ahad and Jerzbel followers cut themselves, had unknown s**. Object trying to make it RAIN.
LATER IN THE EVENING PROPHET CLEAN THE SPACE OFF
CALL ON THE GOD, I SERVED IT BEGIN TO RAIN. YES IT BEGIN TO RAIN
got mad said,I want him Dead or Alive
Beyonce is using her Body to entice The young Females and Transferable, Older is out there to Hell however she is working with Illimani,I heard as well as that girl Lady that was on American Idol
Do they not no they will BURN FOREVER AND EVER.
BACK TO JERZBEL,in her late days she try to entice putting in Red lipstick.
The older Preacher that could read went with that.
U pick up ESTHER,her she is bathing in The finest of the finest honeysuckles, Angel, Gucci Rush, for 6 MONTH next 6 MONTH learning how to put on her makeup up. The good Lord
Want U to look out best just don’t like it on.
As A older female I tell the Young to blotted it off
JESUS, had a three day REVIVAL IN HELL went they crucified him.
Revelation read: I GAVE The W**** a space for REPENTANCE she Repented NOT.
I READ THE WHOLE BILE IN 2001-2002.
Missionary Mary Prat
BREAK THROUGH AND DELIVERANCE
FB
stop by
” Derrick Haddon”.🙃🙁😗 I. Am. Terribly. Disappointed. In. Knowing. That. This. Is. How. ” You”. Perceive. Or. Even. Distinguished. The. ” Diff/ Between. Right @. Wrong…. Beouncey ( Bee-hive). Or. Whatever. She. Is.—. Seems. To. Have. Lost. Her. Way! (. I. Guarantee U–. That. She. Want. Let. Her. Children. Listen. To. This. Garbage!….. I’m. Really. At. A. Lisa. For. Words—–. Derrick,. ” Last I. Heard. About. U—-. Professing. To. Be. A (. Man. Of. The. Cloth”. Has. It. Even. Cross. Your. Mind. To. Try. @. Reaching. Out. To. Her. Through. Prayer/. Or. A. Line Of. Communication. (.Your. Ministorial. Duties). As. A. Pastor!! WAKE. UP. CHURCH 🙏
You Better PREACH Deitrick Haddon👍🏾💯
When did the church’s start worrying about what ARTISTS do in their PROFESSIONAL WORK anyway🤔 You took the WORDS right out of my mouth: If the so-called HOLY church goers WERE REALLY MINDING THE BUSINESS OF THE CHURCH, THEY WOULD HAVE NEVER HEARD the song “CHURCH GIRLS!”
😲Ahhhh, Latonia Ridley Franklin, how dare you say such a thing about “THE HOLIER THAN THOU SAINTS IN THE CHURCH!”😤 SMH, My HOLY BIBLE tells me to JUDGE YE NOT, FOR YE SHALL BE JUDGED. It also tells me that GOD JUDGES THE HEART, that NO man can judge💙📖💙 YES, THAT PART🙏🏽🙌🏽🙇🏾🙌🏽🙏🏽 Queen Beyoncé and Tyler Perry keep ENTERTAINING GOD’S PEOPLE because BOTH OF YOU HAVE BEEN ANOINTED BY GOD, THROUGH HIS SON JESUS THE CHRIST AMEN🙏🏾🙌🏾🙇🏾♂️🙇🏽🙌🏿🙏🏿 Ain’t nobody mad BUT the devil!!!!!!!
You Better PREACH Deitrick Haddon👍🏾💯
When did the churches start worrying about what ARTISTS do in their PROFESSIONAL WORK anyway🤔 NO man can curse what GOD HAS BLESSED AMEN🙏🏽🙌🏽🙇🏾♂️🙇🏽🙌🏽🙏🏽
Of course the ignorant is going to
Go along with anything that is ungodly! A godly person is going to call out the bs! When you work
For the devil he gives blessings too! Jesus taught his followers what to look out for and to call out the bs! Periodt! We don’t care who don’t like it