Pastor John Gray was formally installed on Sunday as senior pastor of Relentless Church in South Carolina and was joined by many big name pastors, including Joel Osteen, and gospel artists who showed up to support him.
The more than 3-hour long service featured tributes and words of blessings from Osteen, Hillsong Church NYC’s Carl Lentz, Kirk Franklin, as well as video messages from Bishop T.D. Jakes, Rich Wilkerson, Brian and Bobby Houston and Pastor Chris Hodges, among others.
“[God has] called John to lay his life down so many people can walk over their lives,” Lentz said. “He’s not a guy that changes because of the platform; he changes any platform he’s on.
“This guy right here (Gray) is prepared to lay his life down. … This church is going to be about the name of Jesus.”
The Hillsong pastor also commended the founder of the megachurch, Ron Carpenter, for passing the baton.
“It’s one thing to give somebody your used car. It’s another thing to give them the best you got,” Lentz said to Carpenter, referring to the megachurch. “This is special. … I can understand someone giving away a church in a barn or something but you walk in and see this.”
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