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Behind the Instagram account calling out evangelical pastors for $1,000 shoes

By Madeline Fry Schultz

Published April 8, 2019 3:38pm ET

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Behind the Instagram account calling out evangelical pastors for $1,000 shoes — This Sunday Jan. 24, 2010 photo shows a band performing prior to Mosaic Church's pastor Erwin McManus' sermon at The Mayan night club in Los Angeles. Mosaic, a 3,000-member megachurch, is one of six finalists in the Doritos' "Crash the Super Bowl" challenge with a lighthearted spoof that plays off the resurrection of Jesus Christ. | (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

If you roll into Los Angeles-based megachurch Mosaic on a Sunday morning, you might catch a glimpse of Pastor Erwin McManus in a $999 pair of Air Jordan 1s.

“Big homie’s literally wearing your pay check,” writes the creator of @PreachersNSneakers, an Instagram account dedicated to megachurch pastors and their fancy kicks.

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