Bishop Clarence McClendon Talks “Preachers of L.A.”, “They Said It Wasn’t a Reality Show, They Said It Was a Docu-series”

Bishop Clarence McClendon, star of Oxygen’s reality show ‘Preachers of L.A.’, recently shared his thoughts about being part of the show. Before the show aired, everyone had their idea of what the show would be like, however, Bishop McClendon posted a video in which he explained the ‘Preachers of L.A.’ is not what he originally signed up for. Check out all the veteran pastor had to say below:

“First of all, when I was approached with it, they said it wasn’t a reality show, they said it was a docu-series. Again, I was not involved in the genesis of the project. I’ve had a number of things come to me like this, a number of people come to me with certain opportunities and I’ve turned them down,” he explained.

“I believed the people, the producers involved were Christian people, people that I know, people full of the Holy Spirit who really wanted to do something significant as it relates to Hollywood. That’s the production level. The network level they make decisions and sometimes things get lost in the translation. Initially I believed and trusted that we would be able to accomplish something with this relative to some things that the Lord had said to me,” he continued.

“I’m primarily a private person. I certainly am not after fame. I’m more known than I actually want to be,” he offered. McClendon added that he’s a “bridge builder and a peacemaker,” and that “sometimes when you build bridges, you get walked on.”

“When the situation got heated, I recognized that I was getting into what the Bible calls ‘an ignorant and foolish dispute.’ What I recognize now is that I was set up to be put in crossfire. I am not going to allow people to abuse that or malign that for the sake of television,” said McClendon.

“It tells the man of God to avoid…ignorant and foolish disputes because they lead to strife,” McClendon explained of the Bible verse 2 Timothy 2:23. “I have spent 15, 16 years traveling the globe and I’ve cultivated a ministry of integrity around the world.”

“We’ve never denied anyone access to this ministry because they couldn’t afford my team,” he affirmed. Pray for me and pray for all of us involved that God would be glorified.”