It ain’t everybody, but it was some people and He said, ’Michael, just bless them. Because if I made this list on week one of the series, the City of Bixby would have got nothing! But then God said love those who persecute you. And when it came to who we gave to, I needed a series before we made this list. There’s Facebook groups about us and there’s all kinds of different stuff that’s in here. “We had the opportunity to be offended coming into this area. Todd touched on the noise controversy during his sermon, titled “ Go & Do The Same // FU - Forgiveness University (Part 12) Michael Todd,” noting that he and his congregation could have taken offense to the complaints but decided to bless the predominantly white city instead by giving $50,000 to the Bixby Outreach Center, which distributes food to needy people, as well as $50,000 to the Bixby School District. Bixby is 84.2% white and just 1.6% black. Earlier this year, Bixby officials threatened to shut down Todd’s multiethnic church after it received 32 noise violation citations based on complaints from neighbors for worshiping too loudly. Settling into the community, however, did not come without challenge. The Christian Post reported earlier this month that less than two years after purchasing the building that formerly housed the SpiritBank Event Center in the city of Bixby for $10 million to house his growing congregation, Todd and his church bought the entire retail center around it for $20.5 million. We will not just talk about the faith of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and Sarah, we will talk about the faith of … John and of Charles and the faith of Hailey…,” he said as the congregation rejoiced. “Our faith will be spoken of when we are dead and gone. Transformation Church gains nothing from blessing these people and organizations personally but the reputation of the Kingdom of God is expanded because of what God did through us today,” Todd told his congregation. “The whole mission of this message was to show you more than I could tell you. Of the $3.5 million in gifts given away by the church less than two weeks before Christmas, $1.55 million went toward helping other churches, $1 million was given to various human service organizations and $200,000 went toward helping people pay off personal debts like student loans. Pastor Michael Todd of Transformation Church in Bixby, Oklahoma, led his congregation in a $3.5 million one-day blessings spree Sunday in which they helped scores of human service organizations, churches and individuals, including one needy family that received a new car and $250,000 to purchase a home. A family reacts as Pastor Michael Todd of Transformation Church in Bixby, Oklahoma, announces that his church has decided to bless them with a new car and 0,000 to purchase a house on Sunday, December 13, 2020.
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