Carl Lentz, the pastor who baptized Justin Bieber in a professional basketball player's bath tub, appeared wearing a pair of Nike Air Fear of God sneakers that were selling online for about $500.
Then John Gray, a pastor from South Carolina, was shown in blood-red Air Yeezy 2s, the sneakers made in collaboration with Kanye West, that were going for upward of $5,000. And in another photo, Chad Veach, who preaches in Los Angeles, had a $1,900 Gucci bag and wore $795 pants.
The pastors were among those included on an Instagram account that recently popped up called "PreachersNSneakers," where men and women of God are shown wearing footwear that could cost more than a month's rent for many of their followers. Before long, each post was clogged with hundreds of comments.
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