Kirk Franklin Says Marriage Has Been Weaponized In Western Christianity

Kirk Franklin Believes Marriage Has Been Weaponized In Western Christianity

Gospel singer Kirk Franklin, made controversial headlines earlier this month after he was spotted sagging during a performance. Well, the Grammy Award winning singer is trending again over his thoughts on Western Christianity.

According to Kirk, Western Christianity has weaponized concepts such as marriage, giving, and sexuality.

While on the ‘Funky Friday’ podcast, the renowned Gospel singer expressed concern that these concepts have been distorted, leading many to follow human-made doctrines rather than divine will. Kirk added that the misuse of these concepts has led to issues such as the exclusion of single individuals from church ministries based on their marital status.

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“I believe that marriage, giving and sexuality have been weaponised in Western Christianity,” the ‘My Life Is In Your Hands’ crooner said. Franklin then revealed how societal and familial pressures often make people feel that being single or childless diminishes their value and identity.

“I believe that marriage has been weaponized in Western Christianity”

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“Any woman listening to this can attest in our culture: ‘Don’t be no 30, 35 single black woman and go to the family reunion,” he said. “All the older women are going to look at you and be like, ‘Why are you not married?’”

He continued, “It’s like a prerequisite for identity and value. If you don’t have a man or kids, then something about you is broken. Do you understand how dysfunctional these messages are and how we superficialise these messages?”

The singer also criticized the church for enforcing marital status as a prerequisite for ministry roles, causing some to rush into marriage in an attempt to meet perceived religious requirements.

“[Apostle] Paul said that marriage is a necessary distraction. I have many friends that were in ministries in church, and the churches told them, ‘If you’re going to be in ministry, you can’t be single.’ So what people do is, that they quickly get married thinking that they’re fulfilling God’s will for their lives but they’re fulfilling man’s dogma.”

He added, “You can be single and be used by God. You can be single and have purpose. Being married is not a prerequisite for God’s hand in your life. It’s not. But we’ve weaponized it. And they crucify people when those same marriages failed.”