American Gospel artiste, William Murphy, was reported to have stated in his sermon that he is committed to “making the church relevant again.”
He used a pink trap house-themed service inspired by the cover art for ‘Pretty Girls Like Trap Music’, the latest album for secular rapper 2 Chainz, whose real name is Tauheed Epps.
William Murphy, who leads The Dream Center Church in Decatur, Georgia, preached defiantly against the “trap” culture explaining that it is being propagated in popular media to deconstruct wholesome family figures and make prodigal sons of Christians.
In June, 39-year-old 2 Chainz leased a house located at 1530 Howell Mill Road in Atlanta, painted it pink and wrote the word “Trap” on the front of it to represent the cover art of the album which peaked at No. 1 on billboard’s rap album chart.
The house became somewhat of a phenomenon and tourist attraction and on at least one Sunday, a church held services there.
Murphy who is well-known for songs like “Praise Is What I Do,” told his congregation that they needed to get back to the business of making disciples of the world rather than allowing the world to make them into prodigal sons.
A few hours after delivering his message, Murphy revealed that 75 people reconnected with Christ.
