"Yeah!" "Come on and stand up on your feet and give God some praise." "Get up!" "Get up!" "Get up!" "Get up!" "Come on." "Come on." "Get up on your feet." "Get up on your feet." "Come on, sing it." "Our God is an awesome God." "I'm so proud of you." "Oh, the Lord is moving in here." "The Lord is moving in here." "Now, I'm here to say that the God I serve is a awesome God." "And I'm so happy that the youth of the church are channeling their energies into doing God's work." "I wanna take a minute to acknowledge two young men whose stars are shining especially bright." "My son, David Taylor, and his close friend, Charles Frank." "Come on up here." "Come on up here, Frank." " Thank you, Jesus." " Come on." "These two wonderful young men are one class shy of graduating from our youth ministry training program and they're moving on to becoming ministers." " Amen." "Amen." " Hallelujah." " Wanna swing by the mall later?" " I can't." "My dad's in a meeting and my mom's picking me up." "Man, your cousin Charlene is gonna be there." "Now you trying to get at my cousin?" "She must be trying to get at me." "She gave me her number." "Let me see." "Give me that, man." "What are you...?" " Crazy?" " Minister Hunter." "Can I speak to you for a minute?" "That ain't even the right number anyway." "It starts with a 404." " Lorraine Taylor?" " Room 201." "Where's the father?" "On his way back from a conference." "Dear Lord please don't let my mother die." "She's done so much for people." "And we need her here with us, Lord." "I'd do anything you ask." "Anything." "Please." "I love you." " Ernestine." " Bishop." "I got here as soon as I could." "Is she okay?" " Let me..." "No, I'm so sorry." " Ernestine." "She's gone." "Ernestine, no." "But before you go in the room, I need to talk to you." "I just need to go in and see her." " Let me just go in and see her." " No, bishop, please." " Let me go in and see her." " What's he doing here?" " Son, I'm sorry." " No." "My mother's already gone." " It's too late now." " David." "She died and you were away with the church like always." "Son." " There are things parents need to..." " Get off of me." "I hate you!" "Ernestine." "David." "David." "D. T.!" "D. T.!" "D. T.!" "D. T.!" "You did your thing out there, man." "That's what it do." "What did I say?" "Rip the shirt off." "See how they fell all over the place?" " That's what I'm talking about." " God!" " And I'm just getting started, huh?" " I know this." "In six months, David Taylor's gonna be a household name." "That's what I've been telling you, boy." "Hey, man, you packing clubs like a superstar." "Selling records like a superstar." " Now I want dollars like a superstar." " Superstar." "Yo, Dave." "What up?" "I gotta buy tickets to holler at you now?" " Something you need, Stone?" " No." "I'm trying to holler at the man I helped make a superstar." "It's all chill." "But he's still gotta holler at me about that contract." "Look, man, you're drunk." "I got nothing to say." " You got nothing to say to me?" " Are you deaf?" "I got something to say to you!" "D!" "D!" "Where's security at?" " It's over, man, it's over." " What's up?" "Get off of me." "You want some more of this?" "What?" " Take him home." " Get him out of here, boy." " What is wrong with that guy?" " It's cool." " I put him on!" " I know." "Ignorant." "It's all good." " Relax." " I put him on a hit record." "Don't let him spoil our night." "Know what I'm saying?" "In fact I got a couple dime brizzles picked out just for you, baby." "Look at them right there." " That's why you're my manager." " Yes, sir." " Wesley said it, and it shall be done." " And it shall be done." "Yes, sir." "Yo, let's mix some drinks up in here, baby." "Last quarter, New Revelations' attendance was down 18 percent." "Well, that may be true on the surface but if you'll look at the quarterly report, you'll see that the 18-percent drop has not affected our primary financial base." "You can pay the mortgage, utilities and payroll but there's no room for renovations." "And it's put an additional burden on your core congregation." "I think our congregation is in a better position to tell us what's a burden to them." "Where are you going to get money for supplies?" "That's the reason we're asking for your help." "Give us a few days." "I'll take it under advisement, and we'll contact you." "Henry, that won't be necessary." "They're giving us a few days." "Bishop Stackhouse has something he needs to tell us." "And you're not gonna leave here until you do, Henry." "We go back, Fred." "Obviously, we don't go back far enough." "This is not about friendship." "It's about what's practical." "And what exactly does that mean?" "It means you've got 30 days." "If you've got a thriving congregation, then you've got our support." "But what you need to do is put yourself in a mental state where you can tell your congregation that you're gonna be closing down." "This is my life's work, Henry, and you know that." " It's bigger than you." " But it's not bigger than God." "Let me tell you something, Henry." "I won't let you." " You what?" " I wont let you!" "Call 911." "Answer your phone." "What's up?" "Hey, Miss Ernestine." "No, I'm good." "What's going on?" "Yeah." "No, tomorrow's the last show." "What?" "Slow down." "Oh, boy." "What about him?" "What?" "When?" "Well..." "Yeah, well, all right." "Can I...?" "Let me call you back." "All right." "See?" "Now, that's the reason I got into this business." "The dime brizzles." "And I be working for you, D." "Making moves, miracles and dreams come true." "Talked to Phil Fishman three times this a.m." "He started out with that same old Little Orphan Annie spiel." "I put the brother on front street." "Let him know I'm not new to this, I'm true to this." " Brother's gotta get paid, you know?" " Yeah, that's good." ""Yeah, that's good"?" "That's not the response when your man tells you he just broke his foot off into somebody's hind parts on your behalf." "What's really going on?" "My old man he's sick." "Damn." "I'm real sorry to hear that, dog." " Is it serious?" " I don't know." "I think I'm gonna have to go home for a minute." "For sure." "Absolutely, man." "It's the right thing to do." "Spend time with pops, make sure he's straight." "Don't worry about nothing." "I'll work out this thing with Sandstone set up the deal with the promoter and fly down there to meet you." "All right?" "It's gonna be all good." "Wesley said it, and it shall be done." "The temperature tonight is in the upper 40s  with a high tomorrow of 65 degrees." " Frank?" " Oh, hold on, baby." " Join us Sunday mornings at 9..." " I don't want to miss this." "... for the hour of Divine Gospel led by Reverend Isaac Winston..." " Frank." " ... of Divine Soul Ministries  right here." "That's what I'm talking about." "You feel like the hand of God just came in and touched you." "You know what I mean, baby?" "Charlene?" "I came down to say good night to you." "I know." "I know." "I was..." "You were just watching Divine Souls Ministries' commercial." "You gotta give it to them." "They doing it way big." "Radio, TV, on the front covers of magazines." "They're like the all-stars of the gospel game." "You will be too." " How's your sermon coming?" " Oh, it's good, you know." "I worked on it all morning." "I'll work on it all night if that's what it takes." "You nervous about tomorrow?" "I don't know." "On one hand, it's like I've been waiting for this moment my whole life but on the other hand if it means Bishop Taylor's gonna have to die for me to get it then I'll pass." "But it was just a minor attack." "He'll be back at the church tomorrow." "Yeah." "You're so beautiful, baby." "Thank you." "I can't." "Baby, it's been a long time." " I know, but I'm just..." " But you're tired." "You're tired." "Lord help me." "I'm a patient man." "It's part of what makes me a good minister, I guess but, Charlene you ain't the congregation." "You're my wife." "Yeah." "Yeah." "Thank you." "Now, before I take my seat I want y'all to rejoice in the blessings from God." " Amen?" " Amen." "Don't be ashamed, you know." "If God blesses you with the money to buy that car and that ice and that bling, then that's all right." "That's all right." "But in rejoicing, I want you to always acknowledge where it came from." "Amen?" "Hallelujah." "All right." "The Minister Frank." "Charles Frank." "I've been watching him since he was a little boy." "Reverend Charles Frank." "Let's just give him one more hallelujah." "As the choir starts to sing, we gonna invite y'all to come up to the altar." "You know, sometimes we lose our way." "Sometimes we struggle with our faith." "But if you put your faith in God you can't go wrong." "If you're looking for a church home, come on and join our family." "There's no such thing as a perfect church." "But I'm here to tell you, there is a perfect God." "Now, as the new saints turn and face the congregation the congregation has something they wanna tell you." "Welcome home!" "And that's what we say when you join our church." "Welcome home." "This is big." "I worked it out." "The Reverend Isaac Winston wants to meet you." "I'm serious." "Apparently he's heard some great things about you." "As soon as he gets a break in his schedule he wants to take you to lunch." " That's big." "This is big." "This is what we've been waiting for." "You're on the way." " I'll see you in a little bit." " All right." "Excuse me." "You're David Taylor, aren't you?" " Yeah." " Told you." "It's great that you still come by the church when you're in town." "No one's supposed to know I'm here." " It's a surprise for my father." " Well, good for him." "I know I'd be surprised if I came home and found you in my living room singing your song "Let Me Undress You."" "I'd be happy and both surprised at the same time." " Do you have a girlfriend?" " All right, now, ladies, come on, now." "Let the man be." "He came to hear the word of God not be put on the spot." " Okay." "Well, David it was nice meeting you." " Nice to meet you." "Where your Bible at?" "You still got the gift of gab, I see." "Well, you know." "I try to be of service to those in need." " Right." " You look good, though, man." "I mean, you look real good." "It's good to have you back in the church." "Help offset that bumping and grinding you've been doing in them videos." " Hey, cousin." " Hey, cousin." " How you doing?" " I'm good, David." " Good to see you." " Good to see you too." " When did you get here?" " This morning." "Came right to church." "I knew y'all would be doing your thing here." "Yeah, we are." "Does the bishop know you're here?" "Not yet." "No, I'm gonna go up and surprise him now." " Okay." " Baby, we gotta go so we can..." "Yeah, we do." "Well, how long are you gonna be here?" " A couple days, maybe a week." " You're not going without having dinner with Frank and me." " Okay, no doubt." "Yeah." " Okay?" " All right, Frankie." " All right, David." " Take care, man." "All right." " Love you." "All right." "I printed out directions and a map for your trip." "I printed out directions and a map for your trip." "I know where I'm going, Ernestine, and I'm gonna be okay." "When you get lost, I'll be sure to refer to this conversation." "Come in." "I'm good." "Give your father a hug, son." "How you doing?" "I guess I'll leave you two alone." "I'm so glad you came." "Me too." "It's good to see you." "Yep." "And you're back in the church." "The Lord never ceases to amaze me." "Yeah, Frank, he preached a good sermon today." "Yeah, he's developing into a real fine minister." "Good for him." "So, what brings you here, son?" "You got another concert or something?" "Miss Ernestine called me." "She said you weren't feeling well." "Now, I told her you were a busy man, and I wish she hadn't done that." "Dad, I'm not too busy to wanna know whether or not you're okay." "You know, I left your room just like you had it." "Look what's going on?" "Seriously." "I have..." "I've got prostate cancer." "So how long have you known?" "I've known for a while now." "I haven't shared it with too many folks." "You know, these things have a way of getting out." " How many people know?" " Well, Ernestine, of course." "Minister Hunter." " Frank and your cousin Charlene." " Frank." "Yeah." "And you weren't gonna tell me?" "Son, it's complicated." "I am going to be stepping down as the church's bishop." " Hey." " Yeah." "Now, was it just me or David didn't seem like he wanted to be in church today?" "Well, Miss Ernestine called him and he came." "Miss Ernestine called?" "Not Bishop Taylor?" "My uncle's a minister but he can't get beyond the worst of the seven deadly sins." " Pride." " There you go." "I don't know, it just seemed awkward having David Taylor at the church today." " Don't do that, Frank." "Please?" " What?" "Don't talk about my cousin like he's other people." "I'm saying, spiritually, we don't know where David's been or what he's been up to." "Am I not saying it right?" "No, you're saying it perfect." " Oh, come on." " It's coming out great." "We got enough problems on our plate without adding David to the equation, that's for sure." "Well, I go see Dr. Morris tomorrow." "Amen." "That's encouraging." "Well, we'll see what happens." "Sure would be nice to have the loving part of our marriage back." "Yeah." "Sure would be nice." " Hey." " Hey, bishop." "Good to see you." "We brought you some boxes of clothes." "We got some more out in the hallway." "I appreciate that, Bishop Taylor." "We'll take care of that for you." "It's good to see you, bishop." "Hey." "I should've known." "It's you." "Hey, man, good to meet you." " Good to meet you." " Yeah." "That's cool." "You got a lot of influence over people." "Maybe you ought to work with the choir while you're here." "Dad, look, I came to see about you, all right?" "Not the church." "Well, maybe you don't realize they're one and the same." "Yeah." "That's always been the problem between you and I." "Look, I'm gonna go and see one of my friends." "I'll be back." "Well, we're gonna be ready to give you a grand sendoff." "Yeah." "It's good to see you." "You know, that is a great man." "He comes here twice a week, every week." "I don't know where he finds the time." "Yeah, he's been that way ever since I was a kid." "I know he's proud of you." "Hey, it was nice to meet you, man." "Look, my client acted on good faith  assuming things would be negotiable  which is why he refused to sign the contract." "Look, Sandstone." "You agreed to the deal, and you can't just change the terms now..." " ... because the song's a hit." " It was a bad deal from the jump." "With the cash that song made, I'm supposed to get more." ""It was a bad deal." You know what, I took the risk." "If the song was a bust, I'd be left holding the bag." "My client should also be guaranteed that two of his tracks appear on the next David Taylor album." "Hold on." "You know what?" "You can have my answer right now." "You get nothing." "No track, no money." "Wanna take me to court?" "Go ahead." "It'll be a cold day in hell before I let a chump like you extort money from me." "So that went well." " Hey." "Hey, Reverend." " Bishop." " How you doing?" " Man, how you doing?" " I'm doing great." " Good to see you." "Look, I'm glad you're a little early." "There are a few things I wanna talk to you about." "No problem." "What's going on?" "You know, minister, I don't know how much time I've got left." "And I think it's about time I choose a successor." "I agree." "I agree totally." "That's why I'm gonna choose Frank when I step down." " Frank?" " Yeah." "Look, with all due respect, sir I just always thought, when the time came that you'd pass the baton to me." "You know, minister, you've been a great administrator for this church and you've been a good friend." "And I expect you to do the same for Frank." "We're just gonna leave this in God's hands." "Come on, now." "It's gonna be all right." "We're living in a brave new world." "We're competing against tabloids  rappers, music videos, basketball players, Internet." "People are seeking guidance from everywhere outside the church." "Now, if we don't step up our game, we're gonna get left behind." "We can't preach prosperity and blessing when we ain't looking the part." "That's not gonna fly." "I'm sorry, I didn't know you were meeting." " Come in, have a seat." " I'll come back." " No, no, no." " You sure?" "We all like family here." "You were saying, Frank?" "We done made our repairs." "The roof, plumbing, the transformer." "You know, I believe in maintenance, but this here is ridiculous." "Now, we need a new church." "A new church." " But we've been here for years." " A new facility would be nice." " Yeah." " The board of churches has already denied us funds to do repairs in this church." "What makes you think they gonna give us money to build a new church, Frank?" "Besides, this church right here has been a historical pillar of strength in this community for as long as I can remember." "I'm sorry, Bishop Taylor, but you see." "It's like the Lord himself saying:" ""If y'all won't erect a brand-new church I'm gonna take this one down."" "So, what do you propose, Frank?" "Minister Hunter here could get us a great low-interest loan, right?" "But we gonna need the down payment..." " And how much?" "...in a few weeks." "About 150,000." "Assuming that this thing is feasible how soon can we come up with a down payment?" " The repairs have depleted all of our..." " I got an idea." "Sorry." "Why don't we just ask David to cover the shortfall." "Then we'll pay him back." " David?" " Right?" "Wow, that's a great idea, yeah." "I mean..." "I got a better idea, though." "What if I just call in some favors with my artist friends and we'll have a concert and raise the funds?" " Like a revival." " Exactly." "Yeah." "I mean, it's great for them because most of them are spiritual anyways." "Right?" "And then the publicity will help bring new members to the church." "Yeah, we could also make it part of Bishop Taylor's retirement celebration." "Use it as a way to salute in a new legacy." " I like it." " I like it." "Now, assuming, David, you could help me out with the choir." "Oh, but, Dad, my quota's one great idea a day." "I think David has exhausted himself a little bit." "Hold it up, y'all." "Hold it up." "Everybody, I'm sure you know David "D.T." Taylor." "This is Bishop's son." "But what you don't know, he got his start right here in this choir." " Yep." " He stopped by to give us a few words." " Oh, no, no." " Come on, man." "Let's give it up." "Stop, stop, stop." "Watching you guys sing is really something." "I have one suggestion, though." " Just an idea." " Sure, by all means." "Opposed to starting with the solo, go with the alto section first." "And then the tenors and the bass and then maybe the solo or something." " Let's do it your way." " I don't know." "All right." "Oh, okay, cool." "All right, ready?" "We ran late, but I'm on my way." " Hey." "So how did you like the new...?" " I have a phone to my ear." "What do you think that means?" "Give me 30 minutes?" "Okay." "You were saying?" "Only that I hope you like the changes that we made." "They were good changes." "I was kind of impressed Mr. "Undress You" Man by night and servant to the Lord by day." "Servant...?" "Okay, okay." "Hold on, hold on." "So is that how you operate?" "A few snide comments and you just vanish without a trace or a name?" "It's Rain." " Rain." "Well, that's cute." " Cute?" "You headed somewhere specific?" "Wanna grab a bite?" " That is, if your man is cool with it." " Excuse me?" " Well, I see you've met my niece." " Oh, Minister Hunter, yes." "Hey, Uncle." "We've gotta go pick up Alexis." " Right." "Catch you later, David." " Okay, take it easy." "Good to see you." "All right." "I heard Brother Gordon invited you to sing with the choir." "Yeah, we talked about it." "Hey, Frank." "How long did you know about my father?" "Well he told me shortly after he was diagnosed." "How come you didn't call me?" "I didn't feel it was my responsibility to tell you about your own father." "You know..." "No." "Wait till Sunday." "You're gonna love my performance." "All right, now." "I'm a little concerned about David, sir." " Why so?" " Don't get me wrong." "I'm thrilled to have him back at the church but I was a little surprised at his involvement in the board meeting." "You know, I remember when y'all used to be so close." "And how hard you took it when he left the church." "We all love David, you know but I just wonder if his presence is not gonna send out the wrong message to the other members." " I understand." " Yeah, now he's singing with the choir on Sunday." "Well, you know, I encouraged him to get involved with the choir." "Well, now, I don't know." "I mean, I'm just worried that, you know him singing with the choir will send the wrong impression." "He's a secular artist with a hit song called "Let Me Undress You."" "I mean, you see what I'm getting at?" " Doesn't look good, huh?" " No, sir." " No, sir." " Well, you know, I'm of the mindset that we should spend a little less time looking good and a little more time actually being good." "Now, I know David's involvement may ruffle a few feathers." "But I'm gonna encourage his growth just like I did with you." " You remember that, don't you?" " Yeah." " Come on, now." " Yes, sir." "Now, we gotta leave those things in God's hands." "The God I serve got a way of working it all out." "And I want you to stop worrying so much." " You hear me?" " Yes, sir." " All right, now." " All right." "I'm gonna sing with the choir on Sunday." "You should come through." "I'm gonna sing with the choir on Sunday." "You should come through." " What's the punch line?" " Well, I figured since I'm in town I might as well help out." "They're trying to raise money for a new church." " They paying you for that?" " Come on, man." "I'm serious, D." "You get 40 thou a show, minimum." "I don't get 10 percent of these freebies." " It's for the church, man." " All right." "You sing with the choir." "They hype it up take up a little collection, and for what?" "So Deacon So-and-So can get a new Benz?" "Fishman has already put together the new tour." "We get out there or risk losing that." " Just work it out." " Work out what, D?" "My father is sick." "How can I say no?" "Want me to do the dance?" "So I'm shucking and jiving." "But we gotta get back out there, man." "Time is money." "You the "Undress Me" man, right?" " Yeah, that's my song." " I told y'all that was him." "Hey, how can I get you to listen to one of my demos?" "I got a card right here." " You can hit me up..." " Hold up." "I'm singing at New Revelations Church on Sunday." "Find your way there, I'll check you out." "Church?" "This is the demo CD I was telling you about." "So we're bribing people to come to church now." "All right, man, I appreciate that." "I enjoyed the singing today." " Thank you." "Y'all take care, now." " All right." " You really blew us away back there." " Oh, well, I just do what I do when I do what I do." "Oh, hey." " And who are you?" " Alexis." "Hi, Alexis." "That's a beautiful name." " Wow, how old are you?" " Five." "How old are you?" "I'm 105." "It's nice to meet you." " Wow, she's adorable." " Thanks." " I see where she gets it." " Laying it on thick, I see." "Is there any other way to do it?" "Look, I'd rather continue our lovely banter under different circumstances." "Are there some digits I could use to make that happen?" "Are you asking for my phone number?" "Hi, I'm here for Rain." "Sure." "Come in." "You know, he's cuter on TV." " Hey, Maya." " What?" "I mean, he looks good, okay?" "I'm just saying, keep it in perspective." "You know how you get sometimes." "Oscar." "You ready?" "Sure." "My uncle tells me you may sing again with the choir next Sunday." "Oh, really?" "Well I'm thinking about it." " Why?" " Why?" "Yeah." "What's your motivation?" " Do I need one?" " Yeah." "When you sing in the choir, it's called praise." "Because you're praising the Lord." "That's why I do it." "So why are you doing it?" "Does your sister give every man the third degree?" " Weren't we just talking about you?" " Now we're talking about you." "Oh, goodness." "You were about to answer items one through 12 on the first-date questionnaire." "I have a beautiful daughter and her father and I couldn't make it work." " Is that why you left Chicago?" " One of the reasons." "I also didn't wanna raise Alexis in the city." "Now your turn." "Motivation." "Motivation?" "Well, I could give you about a half a dozen reasons but none beats the idea of doing a duet with you." "Cheers." "Cheers." "Charlene." "Charlene." "So I guess that's it." " I had a nice time." " Me too." "Me too." "It was..." "It was great." " Good night." " Yeah." "Good night." " Good night." "All right." " Good night." "See you later." "What?" "I gotta do something while you playing David the saint." " I didn't say nothing." " I'm gonna do me, then." " All right." "Go ahead, baby." " No fingerprints." "So let me get this straight." "You're dating this chick." " Rain." " Oh, she's a stripper?" " That's all you had to say." " What?" "She's not a stripper." " Her mama gave her that name." " Oh, okay." " Rain, that's French." " It's French, huh?" "So you're not hitting it, because she's saving it for marriage." " Yeah." " But she already has a kid." "So?" "Ain't that like closing the barn door after the horses already escaped?" "Who hurt you, man?" "I'm telling you, girl, if you're gonna marry the man tell him you wear a weave." "Otherwise he's gonna think his kids are gonna be born with straight hair." "Hold on." " Who is it?" " It's Oscar." "Hey." "Let me call you back." "Okay." " How's it going?" " What are you doing here?" "You gonna let me come in, or do I have to stay out in the rain?" " Daddy!" " Hey, Daddy's little princess." " Look at you." "How you doing?" " Good." "You have got to get over that "bad boy being saved by the love of a good woman and Jesus" syndrome." "It ain't healthy." "Next thing you know, you'll try to do an all-gospel album." "Could you just take your shot?" "Look what I drew, Daddy." "It's a house." " Wow, that's really good." "Look at you." " You couldn't call first?" "Oscar." "I'm sorry, okay?" "I figured if I called, you wouldn't let me come by and see Alexis." " I was in the neighborhood..." " In the neighborhood?" "Your sister didn't tell you?" "I got reassigned to Fort McPherson, so I'll be in town for a while." "I'll come by and play with you and see you and love on you and kiss on you whenever I get ready." "I hate to put a dent in your hometown fantasy but we're running out of time in Fishman's favor bank." "He wants us back on tour by the end of the week." "What?" "Look, man, I'm sorry about what happened to your pops, really." "We gotta get back in the saddle, D." "Look, I don't know." "You're a superstar." "A long way from where we came from." "Struggling, working the late shift." "You know what I'm talking about?" "Now it's four-star hotels, limos, women on standby." "That's the American Idol dream, baby." "What's to know?" "What about Cathy?" "Cathy and I are no longer together." " Sorry to hear that." " Oh, no, don't be sorry." "She..." "Cathy wasn't my speed, you know." "It's all about the money, right?" "I care about the money, yeah." "But I also care about you." "When you said you wanted more, I got you more." "And don't tell me you don't miss the road." "Ate good, slept late fists full of dime brizzles." "You know that gospel-album idea doesn't sound bad." "Man, I was just playing about that." "All right." "There you go." " Keep playing, man." " Man, stop crying." "Man, answer your phone." "Hello?" " Fred Taylor." " 201." "Hey." " I'm glad you came, son." " Yeah, me too." "I told them not to worry you and burden you." "I got so much I wanted to say to you." "It's all right." "Back when I was a kid my father never told me he loved me." "I want you to know that I never stopped loving you, son." "I know, Dad." "I know." "I love you too." "When your mother died a lot of things changed between me and you, David." "Son, when you're young there are a lot of things you don't understand." " Yeah." " And I was being pulled in so many different directions." "Trying to build my church." "Trying to be a good husband." "And I tried to be a good father to you, David." "I'm so proud of you, David." "I prayed and I prayed and he brought you back." "Yeah." "I'm here." "It's okay." "It's okay, son." "It's okay." "We'll make sure that the center does a special service for him." "And know that we'll always be there for you, okay?" " Thank you." " God bless you." "I can't buy you the things that he can and I'm not famous or anything like that." "Where's all this coming from?" "I know I've made some mistakes in the past." "But I've always taken care of my responsibilities." "I've been doing some soul-searching and I'm just trying to get it right, you know?" "And I've been thinking that maybe we could work on being together." "Being a family." "That is if things between you and the megastar aren't too serious." "Think about it." "The celebration will honor my uncle Bishop Taylor's memory and, in conclusion we will publicly recognize my husband, Frank, as the new pastor." "Now, there'll be a lot of important people there to help move our ministry to the next level." " Really?" " Yeah, I mean, we need a victory lap to help show the congregation and the head bishop that we in good shape." "And, oh, I wanna take a special offering on Sunday's service to help propel us towards that goal." "Write that down." "I'll set it up, but I'm scheduled to visit Divine Souls for the pastor's anniversary service so I really won't be able to facilitate that for you." " Come again?" " I won't be here." "Oh, no, I heard that part." "Does Divine Soul Ministries take precedence over New Revelations business?" "Listen, Bishop Taylor would never question my loyalty." "I'm not Bishop Taylor." "You don't have to remind us." "We're all quite painfully aware of that." "Sorry I'm late." "Late for what?" "To discuss the revival plans." "Oh, well, you know, that's mighty noble of you young David, but..." " Reverend." "I'm sorry, Miss Ernestine." "This meeting is for the business at hand." "If David wants to come back, make an appointment." " Thank you very much." " Appointment?" "Does...?" "Would you like me to send a fax or e-mail or will a phone call suffice?" " That's not necessary." "No, that's all right, Charlene." "We all a little emotional these days." "Put your ego aside for one minute so we can discuss these plans." "You know, David this revival isn't just about Bishop Taylor." "The man who built this church." "We have a congregation to think about." "Don't pretend this event means more to you than your own spotlight." "Let church people handle church business." "This will always be my father's church." "That makes it my business." "Don't come here talking about "my father" and "his church."" "While you were playing the absentee son we were here with your father doing God's work." "Normally, I'd be coming at you right now, but..." "Hold on." " Out of respect for my father's church and these people, I'll give you a pass." "You can thank your work with God for that." "Amen." "David." " David!" " Miss Ernestine, I love you, all right?" "But you need to leave me alone right now." "You're running from the church that needs you because of adversity?" "I'm not a minister, all right?" "I'm an entertainer." "That's what I do." "That's who I am." "That's what you ran to." "That's not who you are." "Let them fight over it." "I don't care." "But it's your father's legacy." "Who's gonna fight if you don't?" "David!" "So, what's up?" "I just wanted to see you before I left." " You're leaving?" " I gotta get back on tour, you know." "They're expecting me in Philly tomorrow." "My father's gone." "Ain't no reason for me to stay." "It was nice knowing you too, even if it was for a little while." "Well, I mean, we can still, you know, stay in touch." "Well, that's cool." "You'll come back." "You'll check on us from time to time." " That's not what I meant." " No, really, it's cool." "Are you gonna get this?" "Someone must really be trying to reach you." "It's Oscar." "Oh, Alexis' father." "He just moved back here." "What's that?" "Right." "Oh, absolutely." "Well, right now, Dave's just picking up a few family mementos." "Yes, sir." "We'll hit up a couple clubs tonight then tomorrow we're on the first thing smoking out of here." "Well, this is our first concert since our little hiatus so we wanna do it big." "I'm talking about big with a capital l-G." "A dozen dime brizzles on standby for deviant behavior." "Wes." "Hold on a sec." "What up, D?" "Change of plans." "After the choir sings, the next voice you'll hear is the Minister Terence Hunter from New Revelations." "Let's make sure that we give him a Divine Souls welcome." "Amen." "That's some mighty powerful words you gave us in there." "I appreciate that." "Thanks for having me." "You guys are doing some amazing things here." "I can honestly say that the Lord is blessing us here at Divine Souls." "I know what's going on with New Revelations." "You trying to make the deadline and all." "So how is that coming, anyway?" "Let's just say I'm praying about the whole situation  and still waiting for some direction." "Come on, now!" "Amen." "God is good." "We are blessed." " It's a new day!" " New day!" " Amen?" " Amen." "Amen." "I want you to turn your Bibles to the Book of Acts." " Thank you." " Nice to meet you." "All right." " I thought you went back on tour." " I..." "I decided to stick around for a while." "Hey, what's going on?" "How are you?" " Good." " You sang beautifully today." " Thank you." " You're welcome." "David, this is Oscar." " Heard a lot about you." " Same here." "Yeah, good to meet you." "Nice turnout." "See this?" " We knew he was gonna do it." " We knew he was gonna do it but we didn't know he'd tell the world." "My lawyer said he'll have the injunction squashed and my residuals back online in 30 days." "Great." "But the P.R. Is bad." "Should've just put him on a song and been done with it." "Now he's making us look like fake producers while I line up new work." " Did Fishman give us the extension?" " He gave it to us, yeah." "But that's it." "We gotta be back on the road the day after the revival." "Or your tour will be over faster than you can say C+C Music Factory." " Who?" " My point exactly." " Minister Hunter, you got a moment?" " Sure." " I'll see you inside." " All right, baby." "How was your meeting at Divine Souls?" "It was fine." "Why?" "Well, I was just wondering why one of my clergymen would share Revelations business with a member of another church." "Isaac Winston, especially." "What are you trying to do?" "Make me look bad?" " You've got that covered by yourself." " Right." "Why don't we be honest for one moment." "You have a problem with my appointment." "No." "I've got a problem with your attitude and perspectives." "And let me tell you, the only reason I'm working with you is because Bishop Taylor asked me to." "In case you haven't figured it out, as the head pastor of this church it isn't up to me to listen to your vision." " It is the other way around." " Who do you think you are?" "I'm the pastor." "Better check yourself before you're left here with a congregation of one." " You need to deal with this." " I'll see you in a minute." " Minister Hunter." " Hey, David." "You're not staying for the service?" "Is everything okay?" "Look, I'm just glad you decided to stick around." "This is your father's church." "He and I didn't always agree but he always had a reason for everything that he did." "Don't let that legacy get lost in this new vision of Frank's ego." "Reverend Frank, you've made community service your mission." "Reverend Charles Frank." "David Taylor." "I'm so excited that you are here today." "This revival is gonna signify the rebirth of evangelism and my commitment to aggressively spreading the Gospel to people." "You know, after this event, people will truly understand the vision of Reverend Charles Frank and how the Lord is using me to bless others." "Now, David, you went from the church to the top of the R  B charts and back to the pulpit." " Help me understand how it happened." " My dad." "Well, my father was the bishop and the cofounder of New Revelations." "So that's where I have my roots." " I love music." " So there's no problem with this Sandstone thing and everything?" " There's allegations." " I can't talk about it." "People are talking about your new song and the credit disputes." "It's really nothing." "We had minor creative differences." "We talked it out." " That happens in the industry?" " Happens all the time." " We work it out." "Everything is good?" " Everything is perfect." " Now the revival." " You know..." "Reverend Frank and I are very excited about the revival." "We'll have tons of musical surprises at the revival." "We want everyone to support." "We're building a new church." "That is a beautiful thing." "The David Taylor gospel performance this weekend, huh?" "Definitely." "Yeah." "What better way to pay homage to my father than to salute him through song." "And with a new building." "Patrick." "Hi, it's Charlene." "Yeah." "Yeah, I need you to do a little research for me." "Come on, make a joyful noise in this house." "Make a joyful noise." "Come on, make a joyful noise." "We are here at the Hosea Williams Center for the New Revelations celebration." "There are a number of celebrities and influential people on hand including famed Reverend Isaac Winston of the global-reaching Divine Souls Ministry." "I have not seen a faith-based event of this stature in quite some time." "I'm so glad you made it." "I wouldn't miss this for anything in the world." "Hallelujah!" "Come on, make it glorious!" "Make it glorious!" "The event is packed." "Anticipation is high." "And it all seems to center around one man, David Taylor." "And now, the next voice that you will hear  is that of the newly appointed and anointed  Reverend Charles Frank." "Hallelujah!" "You'd think he built this church with his bare hands." "Praise Jesus." "Amen." "Amen." "Praise the Lord." "Praise Jesus." "Amen." "God is good." "Hallelujah." " You know, when I was..." " I just wanna share with you how I remember when my father, Bishop Taylor founded New Revelations." "Remember that, Frank?" "Of course." "Oh, yeah." "Oh, yeah." "As a little boy, he instilled in me the need to preach the word of God in a way that made everyone open to receive it." "Not just the rich and educated, but everyone." " He taught us..." " You know, we thank brother Taylor here for his rendition in our memorial." "Don't we, saints?" "Amen." "But, you know, when Moses led the slaves away from Pharaoh he had a vision." "When he received the Commandments from the mountaintop, he had a vision." "Amen?" "And when the naysayers wanted to return to the bondage of slavery rather than see that vision Moses parted the Red Sea." "Amen." "Oh, I'll tell you." "He did not need the approval of his comrades." "No, he needed a vision from God, and let no man no man challenge his destiny." "Hallelujah." "Praise the Lord." "We can definitely afford the down payment now." "Just when I was looking at giving you guys a check." "Well, the Lord helps those who help themselves." "Yes, and you guys have certainly worked hard at the church." "That had to do with David and the people he got to perform." "And let's not forget the excellent sermon by Reverend Frank." "No, not at all." "It was fascinating as well as effective." "And, Miss Adams, you were simply spectacular." "With all that Bishop Taylor did for this city, it was the least I could do." "Bishop had a profound effect on us all." "We loved it when he came to Detroit." "Well, I'm especially proud and appreciative because he was a huge fan of the both of you." "Now, he left some big shoes to fill." "Make us proud." "He's gonna be all right." "He's got some good stock." "I cannot believe you, David." "How can you embarrass this church?" "Hold on." "The people that performed came because I asked them." "Let's not forget the tickets my name sold." "Despite your husband's pathetic personal infomercial." "I wanna say something, I'll say it." "I earned that much." "You earned that much?" "You don't even know what that word means." "My cousin, the two-bit thief, who goes from minor performer to chart-topper by forcing Sandstone into signing a bogus deal?" "No, no, no." "Did you even imagine what kind of dark cloud you could've put over what Frank has worked hard for?" "And I stuck up for you." "I have better things to do with my imagination than to worry about Frank's delusions of grandeur." "All right?" "I'll leave that to you." "Yeah, go ahead and run, David." "You've always been good at that." "So don't keep me in suspense." "Who are they from?" ""Looking forward to a new start." "David."" "So all this is yours." "I underestimated you, Frank." "I gotta tell you, man, I am very impressed." "That means a lot coming from you." "I mean, with your pull on the north and my developments here, we can do things in this world that few men have ever thought of." "First New Revelations and next the world, huh?" " Amen." " Brother, you are ambitious." " Miss Ernestine." " Never thought Eden would be littered with so many emotional demons." "I'll give you two a moment to talk." "You know, Miss Ernestine, I ain't no different from Martin Luther King or any other great man with a vision." "Don't sell yourself short, son." "Tell me what you really think." "Oh, when I'm done, I'm gonna have me a retirement village and a grade school out here." "I always figured your passion to do God's work would do wonders for his ministry." "Now it seems to have become a drug for the spotlight." " What's wrong with progression?" " Nothing." "As long as the priorities line up." "Some might get lost in the hype and see it as playing with God." "Kind of makes you question Bishop Taylor's selection of you." "Funny I never questioned his judgment before." "So, what are you saying?" "With all the bickering, dissension and the wives, I..." "I don't think I have the stomach for this anymore." "D. All right, I trust you and I believe in you but you need to let me send a car for you." "You don't need to send a car." "I got the rental." "I hear you talking." "Now, be for real, will you be at the airport or what?" " I'll be there." " I said, you..." "Hello?" "Hey." "Look, I'm sorry for just..." "You got company, huh?" "That's..." "My bad." "David, wait." "Wait." "Look, I like you." "I do." "And I want nothing more than for you to be happy." "It's just that right now, I think I'm more of a convenient distraction." "A convenient distraction." "I'll remember to program that into my phone, all right, next to your number." "I'm not saying you're not being sincere." "It's just that you're all over the place." " And I want you to have time..." " Look, listen to me." "You have a shot at making things work with the father of your child." "Who could be mad at that?" "All right?" "Why are you sitting in the dark?" "I may have been in the dark all this time and I just didn't know it." "About what?" "About the church." "About David, about everything." "You don't have to worry about David." "After what I found out, he's not gonna be a thorn in your side anymore." "You're responsible for people seeing that?" "I have to protect the church, Frank." "In the process, what have we become?" "What?" "Are you...?" "Are you putting this all on me?" "You're my wife, church's legal counsel and David's cousin." "Who else am I supposed to put this on?" "Don't you get self-righteous with me, Frank." "I'm serious." "You know, I can deal with the arrogance." "I can deal with the ego, I can deal with the insensitivity but I won't stomach hypocrisy." " Now, hold on, Charlene!" "No, you let me talk!" "You can talk when I'm finished." "This thing between us doesn't have anything to do with David or church." "It has everything to do with you wanting a family and me not being able to give you one." " I didn't say any of that." " You say it all the time!" "Every day you say it!" "The way you look at me, the way you touch me." "I'm tired of being made to feel like half a woman because I can't give you a child." " Well, you know what?" "You might not feel that way if you gave your man something to look forward to!" "I didn't mean that." "I didn't mean it." "You're amazing." "You quote Scripture like nobody I know." "You know the Bible backward and forward." "And you still..." "You have no clue." "No clue." "You need Jesus, Frank." " Charlene." " You need Jesus." "Charlene." "Attention, passengers, this will be the final call for flight 201  now boarding at gate 56B." "Excuse me, pastor." "It's almost time." "All right." "All right." "I don't really know what to say." "Wish you were here." "You were never there." "All right?" "I needed you." "I need you now." " As I take this to a close and reflect on the message." "Living through the eye of the storm." "This particular message is one that's close to my heart if I can be transparent for a moment." "Okay, God." "What do you want from me?" "I don't understand." "Why are you doing this again?" "Now, I've been living in the eye of the storm for some time now." "Can we talk about it?" "Can we talk about it?" "Like many of y'all, mine was self-imposed." "Now, I could flee or fight." "There ain't no change." "Or I can call on my friends." "They ain't around." "And it's at that moment that God has you exactly where he wants you to be." "Dependent on him." "That's right." "Am I supposed to learn something from this?" "Are you listening to me?" "Do you hear me?" "Do you hear me?" "You know, I can think about how difficult it was for me to let go of my will, you know, my ego, and allow God to run things." "Your pastor's not perfect." "I'm flawed." "I'm flawed." "But with God's blessing and direction, you know I will see my way through the storm and have clear skies on the other side!" "Amen?" "That's when I can look back and let my testimony  be a beacon to help someone else out of the storm too." " You know?" " Amen." "Yeah." "Okay, I won't run anymore Lord." "Amen." "Amen." "As the choir begins to sing, there are some of you who are going through your own storms." "Can we talk about it?" "Won't you come on down?" "Won't you come?" "Amen." "Don't allow those situations in your life to keep you from having a relationship with God." "No, you need to know him." "You know, many of us talk about, "Oh, I'll get to know God tomorrow."" "Tomorrow is a promise that you can have salvation today." "Now, won't you come?" "Won't you come on down, brother?" "Come on down." "Won't you come?" "Won't you come, sister?" "Come on down, sister." "God loves you." "God be praised." "God be praised!" "Won't you come?" "Come." "There is no perfect church." "If there's a perfect church, it stopped being perfect when we walked in." "But there is a perfect God." "Won't you come, brother?" "Amen." "When I was little, my father read me the story of a young man  who decided to leave home and strike out on his own." "He was determined to live life on his own terms." "And although he knew right from wrong  it seemed so much better to do things his own way." "Soon, that road got rough." "He spent all his money  and was doing all sorts of things to survive." "Eventually, he hit rock bottom." "At that point  he realizes that he had placed himself in that situation." "And he prayed about it and returned home." "Now, upon his arrival, his father prepared a huge feast in celebration." "When his other son inquired about this, the father told him:" ""My son has learned the error of his ways and he's returned. "" "It is my belief that upon that day of returning to that spiritual place  I will be greeted by the Almighty Father  and he too will smile upon me and say:" ""Welcome home." "Welcome home. ""