"I love it" In my opinion, whooping is a large part of our own African American heritage....and it shouldn't be put down by If whooping wasn’t a part of your faith tradition then of course you can't/don't understand it....I'm one of the few black folks left who have mad respect for the power of the whoop....and if you're a pastor who's gifted in whooping like Pastor E.Dewey Smith is....then that's what you do...you use what God have gifted you with to incite,move,prompt,propel motivate His people....if Pastor Smith can explain the message of a particular biblical text with whooping then what's the problem? if Pastor Smith is whooping about Jesus is the wheel in the middle of a wheel....I know what he's talking about our lives are just a big, old wheel spinning, and Jesus is the hub in the middle of the wheel.....we might not be able to see him or touch his face, but we know HE'S always there...HE'S our ever-present help in time of need....HE'S our hope and rock in times of doubt.....when visiting family and friends in the Atlanta area...Greater Travelers Rest is our church of choice...I agree 100% with the following statement:
""More black megachurch pastors are classifying themselves as "teaching" or "word" ministers. Their sermons resemble lectures, complete with studious congregations taking notes...Smith, the Atlanta pastor, says some of the discomfort blacks have with whooping springs from "self-hate." They're ashamed of an authentic expression of black culture.He cited E. Franklin Frazier, the black sociologist who wrote "The Black Bourgeoisie." "Frazier wrote that the higher we climb on that social and economic ladder, the less intense and heartfelt our worship becomes," Smith says.""
Don't get it wrong some of the greatest preachers do not whoop, but then again some great preachers of today and yesterday do whoop....It is a part of our heritage that have been a effective tool for the preaching of the gospel.
