“Marriage, giving have been weaponized in Christianity” – Gospel singer, Kirk Franklin asserts

Kirk Franklin, a Grammy-winning American gospel musician, claims that Western Christianity has weaponized the notions of marriage, generosity, and sexuality.

During an appearance on the ‘Funky Friday’ podcast, the ‘My Life Is In Your Hands’ singer noted that the weaponization of some notions in Christianity has led to many people fulfilling man’s doctrine while believing they are performing God’s desire.

Kirk complained that some teenagers are unable to minister in churches due to their marital status.

He also noted that families contributed to the weaponization of marriage in society.

“I believe that marriage, giving and sexuality have been weaponized in Western Christianity,” he said.

“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.’ All the older women are going to look at you and be like, ‘Why are you not married?’

“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?

“[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.

“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 weaponised it. And they crucify people when those same marriages failed.”