Pastor Sam Collier, pictured preaching at Christian Cultural Center in Atlanta, Georgia, has been accused of infidelity by his ex-wife, Toni Collier.
There’s a Devil Loose! Twice-Divorced Toni Collier Accuses Her Former Husband, “Pastor” Sam Collier, of Hiring a Transgender Prostitute… Plus the Original BCNN1 Report of Their Convoluted and Tragic Marriage Breakup Almost Two Years Ago to the Date
Daniel Whyte III, President of Gospel Light Society International—who addressed this satanically-driven fiasco regarding these two lost individuals in three different articles two years ago—ended up saying at the time, “Dr. Tony Evans and Crystal Evans-Hurst could not even help them.”
Back then, Sam Collier was unwisely telling the world “his wife was beating him up,” and no real Christian man or Christian woman can help a man who is publicly declaring his wife beats him. Now, we have the twice-divorced former wife, Toni Collier, accusing the husband of hiring a transgender prostitute around that same period.
Quite frankly, Whyte says both of these people need to get as far away from the ministry as they possibly can—and get saved.
This is the continuing drama of the fallen-away, Judas-Jezebel-Laodicean evangelical church.
The ex-wife of Atlanta megachurch Pastor Sam Collier is accusing him of hiring a transgender prostitute in 2023, who then tried to extort money from him. The revelation is part of the prominent couple’s ongoing, public feud.
According to Sam’s ex-wife Toni Collier, this wasn’t the first time Sam, lead pastor of the Christian Cultural Center Atlanta, had hired prostitutes. But this time, a prostitute had video of him as evidence, Toni said in October on the podcast, “Girls Gone Bible.”
The Roys Report (TRR) contacted Toni for more information about the alleged extortion and the video but did not receive a response. We also reached out to Sam, but he didn’t respond either.
However, TRR obtained a police report, confirming that in 2023, Sam told police that a transgender man was harassing him. According to the report, Sam claimed the man was “making up lies and false stories,” which the man threatened to spread if not paid money.
As TRR previously reported, Toni claimed in social media posts in December 2023 that Sam committed “repeated acts of infidelity” during their marriage.
At the time, Sam fired back, calling Toni a “liar and abuser” in a post he deleted shortly after publishing. In an interview with the Christian Post days later, Sam denied any infidelity.
However, three months ago, Sam admitted to Christian hip-hop artist-turned-YouTube influencer Ruslan KD that he “100-percent made mistakes.”
According to Toni, Sam began visiting prostitutes while working for North Point Ministries, an Atlanta-based network of churches led by Andy Stanley. However, North Point told TRR that Sam has never been an employee of theirs but worked only as an occassional host on a contractor basis.
During their seven-year marriage, Sam also pastored Hillsong Atlanta, which split in 2022 from Hillsong and became the Story Church. Sam was the first African-American pastor for Hillsong, a church that disgraced pastor, Brian Houston, founded in Australia before opening several American branches.
Toni’s tell-all interviews
Toni Collier, founder of the women’s organization, Broken Crayons Still Color, has been revealing more about her marriage as she’s been promoting her new book, “Don’t Try This Alone.” The book discusses the importance of community when healing from trauma.
In October, “Girls Gone Bible” podcasters and actresses Angela Halili and Arielle Reitsma, interviewed Toni for an episode entitled, “Cheating, Divorce, & Complete Redemption w/ Toni Collier.”
Toni said on the podcast that she was married to someone before Sam, but divorced her first husband because he abused her. She met Sam almost immediately after the divorce. Three months later, in 2016, they married.
Toni said Sam convinced her saying, “You’ve got a lot of trauma. You’ve got two choices here. I can either journey with you on this. I can make a commitment to you, get married so that you know I’m for real and I’m here. Or you can go on a healing journey for a year, but I can’t promise that I’ll be here.”
Sam, who was working at North Point Community Ministries (NPM) in Atlanta at the time, became a “savior” to Toni, she said this week in a podcast with Grammy award-winning musician Lecrae. In an episode entitled, “The Divorce Story a Pastor’s Wife Never Planned to Tell,” Toni said she became very submissive early in her marriage.
“Oh my gosh, he loves me,” Toni said, describing her feelings at the time. “No other man’s going to choose me and my daughter. I need to do what he says. … I just need to yield. I need to be quiet.”
In a video posted on Aug. 1, 2025, podcaster Ruslan KD (right) speaks to Pastor Sam Collier. (Video screengrab)
Sam, who has also been recently making the rounds on several Christian podcasts, told Ruslan KD in September that Pastor Andy Stanley had a rule of a two-year waiting period for new marriages after divorce. But Sam told Ruslan the couple broke it because they were “blinded” by love.
Sam’s infidelity began in their second year of marriage, when he was still working at Andy Stanley’s NPM, Toni said. Toni said she found out then that Sam had a porn addiction, was flirting with his assistant, and was “hiring women for sexual favors.”
Toni didn’t disclose what, if anything, NPM knew about Sam’s misconduct. She said on “Girls Gone Bible” that she was “isolated” at the time and was afraid to tell anyone about Sam’s issues because she didn’t want to get divorced a second time. She also thought she owed Sam for helping her launch her own ministry.
TRR reached out to NPM about Sam Collier and his marriage with Toni. HR Director Brenda Albright told TRR that Sam wasn’t an official employee but an occasional contracted host for Stanley’s church, North Point Community Church (NPCC). Albright said neither NPCC nor NPM has an employee file for Sam. She added that at least two people have told Sam to stop claiming he was an NPCC employee.
However, NPCC contractors are held to a high standard, Albright said. “There’s no scenario where someone knew something about someone’s personal life, and they still let them host,” she said.
Toni told Lecrae that when Hillsong leaders interviewed Sam and her for the pastorate, they asked if there was anything Hillsong should know about the couple’s marriage, but she stayed quiet.
Toni said that when the Colliers left Hillsong and started Story Church, Sam didn’t set up a board for accountability.
In a video posted Nov. 28, 2025, author Toni Collier appears on a podcast with rap artist Lecrae Moore. (Video screengrab)
In 2023, when she was filming with TBN in Nashville, Sam called and told her about the transgender prostitute, she said.
“Long story short, he hired someone,” Toni said. “It was a transgender prostitute. … I guess they got a video of him and so they were using this video to extort him.”
Toni told Lecrae that she then decided to get a divorce, and her parents helped pay for an attorney. She added that someone asked her to sign an NDA, but didn’t specify who.
She said she formed a board to help her navigate what could be a public divorce. The board included Christian author Jennie Allen and prominent HR guru Mark DeMoss, who advised her to make a statement. But Sam threatened to “tell people that I abused him” and said “he would ruin me,” Toni claimed.
She said she was afraid, but concluded, “What’s right is for me to tell the truth.”
“Big mistakes” but still “called” to pastor
For his podcast episode entitled, “The Inside Story of a Pastor Scandal—From the Pastor Himself,” Ruslan KD asked Sam if he was “sinful” in his marriage to Toni. Sam gave a vague answer.
“I chose coping mechanisms that were not God-honoring and even sinful and lustful,” Sam said.
Ruslan then asked if Sam cheated on Toni while also being a megachurch pastor.
Sam kept his answer nonspecific.
“I definitely made big mistakes, and I’ve got to leave it right there,” Sam said.
Sam also denied that he ever hit or abused Toni but said their marriage was hard enough that it could have eventually happened had they stayed married.
“The level of difficulty could have led there, for sure,” he said.
But Sam told Ruslan he believes the Bible allows him to be restored to being a pastor.
“The conviction that I have is around repentance,” Sam said.
Sam said some ministry friends have told him he’s no longer qualified to pastor, but other friends have said he should continue pastoring.
“We all interpret Scripture in a different way,” Sam said.
He said he didn’t want to keep pastoring but believes God called him to do so.
In September, Sam was “re-ordained” and “restored back into ministry” by Christian Cultural Center (CCC) Global Pastor A.R. Bernard and his son, CCC Senior Pastor Jamaal Bernard. Sam is lead pastor at an Atlanta branch of the Bernards’ New York-based CCC.
TRR made multiple attempts to reach the Bernards about whether they re-ordained Sam while knowing about Sam’s infidelity and alleged hiring of prostitutes. TRR also attempted to ask the Bernards and CCC Atlanta’s elders about whether CCC Atlanta is putting Sam through any disciplinary process due to Toni’s recent allegations. The elders didn’t respond.
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Original Bcnn1 report regarding Sam Collier and his former wife, Toni Collier, Two years ago, December 2023
Daniel Whyte III, President of Gospel Light Society International, Says The Day of the Charisma-Filled Pastor and His “Co-pastor” Wife, Who Both Are Not Holy Ghost Filled and Bible Filled, is Over in America. SAM COLLIER and His Wife TONI Are the Latest Young Pastor Couple to Bite the Dust Through Scandal and Divorce.
Daniel Whyte III, President of Gospel Light Society International, Says The Day of the Charisma-Filled Pastor and His “Co-pastor” Wife, Who Both Are Not Holy Ghost Filled and Bible Filled, is Over in America. SAM COLLIER and His Wife TONI Are the Latest Young Pastor Couple to Bite the Dust Through Scandal and Divorce. Even though both of them are responsible for their sin and foolishness, HILLSONG CHURCH and the unwise EVANGELICAL-CHARISMATIC machine that embraced them are just as responsible by making them believe the lie that the wife is on the same level as the husband in the ministry and in the home — that “If Mama ain’t happy ain’t nobody happy”; “Happy wife happy life”; “All men pastors are hen-pecked, controlled, and dominated by their wives so join the club”; “Don’t kick against the pricks of Evangelical-Charismatic tradition, son”; “Son and daughter, your home and family life is for you to do with it what you please contrary to what the Bible says”; and telling this young pastor and co-pastor wife the lie that “if you commit adultery, if mess is going on in your marriage, just do not let your church know about it. Lie about it. Cover it up. Be phony. Don’t be transparent like God is trying to make all of His born-again-saved Christians. Be the Addams family in your house and be the Brady Bunch family at church, and you will be just like the rest of us lying, hypocritical, phony pastors and pastors’ wives” until things blow up. This has been the tradition of the Evangelical-Charismatic church in the black church and in the white church going back 60 years. The Evangelical-Charismatic church machine put it on steroids in the late ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s through their false teaching regarding Ephesians Chapter 5 and their false teaching through preaching and their books telling men the lie they ought to submit to their wives, and they need to consult with their wives as to what God would say to them through their wives, which is asinine if not demonic. Now, here we have a preacher who apparently has been getting his behind whipped by his wife. Her argument in this divorce is he committed adultery multiple times. His argument (The husband’s argument) is that it is documented that my wife has been knocking me upside my head. Whyte said he would normally encourage this couple to go see the meek, loving, and wise Dr. Tony Evans and his daughter Dr. Chrystal Evans-Hurst, but after looking at this hellacious situation and the background that led up to this, Whyte does not believe Dr. Tony Evans and Dr. Chrystal Evans-Hurst can help them. Whyte does say that if there is any way possible these two can reconcile, they had better do it because, with two young children, they are going to catch hell for doing these two beautiful children that way in God’s sight because one of the reasons God hates divorce as does Jesus Christ is because God has blessed the marriage union with two little human beings with souls and spirits, and when you mess over those children that God has blessed you with with your selfish, childish foolishness — as the old saints used to say “God does not like ugly,” and as we used to say down in the hood on the dirt roads of James City, God “Will Fix You!” Whyte tells Sam and Toni you both better think long and hard about what you’re doing before you destroy the souls of these precious little children. Whyte says in the words of his late dad, Bishop Daniel White Jr, “I KNOW I’M RIGHT ABOUT IT.”
Prominent Atlanta Pastor Announces Divorce Amid Infidelity Allegations
Sam Collier, who once was lauded as being the first black lead pastor of Hillsong Atlanta before stepping down to found his own church, shared on Instagram in a since-deleted post that he is divorcing his wife; something he’s tried to do seven times but never committed to, until now.
Early Friday morning, Toni Collier shared on Instagram that she was seeking a divorce from her husband, citing “discovering and enduring repeated acts of infidelity” over the course of years, and writing that “despite seasons of hope, attempts at reconciliation, and counseling, after recently discovering more infidelity, I realized this wasn’t a sustainable or God-honoring marriage anymore.”
He later released a more measured statement, writing: “I would like to apologize for my earlier comments regarding my divorce. It did not reflect the leader I am or my sincere feelings. I was emotionally overwhelmed and angry at the highest level. These past two months have been extremely exhausting.”
The couple have two children.
In late 2021, Hillsong Atlanta launched with Sam Collier as pastor. Collier has a wild theological past, including spending years as Youth Choir Director in a church where the Senior Pastor was the openly pro-choice, openly pro-LGBT, heresy-spewing, Planned-Parenthood-endorsed Democrat Senator, Dr. Raphael Warnock, and then several years at Bishop Eddie Long’s megachurch – a prosperity gospel heretic who preaches wretched blasphemies about name-it-and-claim-it, speaking realities into existence, little god theology, and multiple sex scandals. Later he joined up with Andy Stanley for several years until he was tapped by Hillsong head honcho Brian Houston to lead the new plant, even though Collier has no seminary training and a horrific Christian pedigree.
Wife of Sam Collier, Hillsong’s first black lead pastor, announces divorce amid allegations of infidelity
Toni Collier, the wife of former Hillsong Atlanta Pastor Sam Collier, who served as Hillsong Church’s first black lead pastor before he stepped down early last year as the global church network faced a wave of scandals, announced Friday that she is seeking a divorce over alleged infidelity. In response, her husband accused her of abuse.
The couple issued dueling statements on Instagram just minutes apart on Friday morning, confirming their relationship is over.
“I’m in the middle of the hardest season of my life. I am heartbroken, yet still hopeful. If you could see all the ways God has been kind to me and my kids your jaw would be on the floor. After years of discovering and enduring repeated acts of infidelity, I have chosen to end my marriage with Sam,” Toni Collier announced minutes before 10 a.m. Eastern time.
“Despite seasons of hope, attempts at reconciliation, and counseling, after recently discovering more infidelity, I realized this wasn’t a sustainable or God-honoring marriage anymore. I’m at a point where I have to say ‘no more.’ I’m taking time off the stage and social media to focus on healing with my kids. I have no desire to hurt Sam but do want to vigorously protect my heart and my children,” she added before ending with, “Thanks for giving us privacy to do that, and for prayers that will undoubtedly be felt. Love y’all.”
In a separate post that has since been deleted, Sam Collier accused his wife of being a “liar and abuser” and insisted that they made a mutual decision to divorce.
“Toni Collier is a liar and abuser. It is documented that she has abused me our entire marriage and wants to continue to. I asked Toni not to do this. As well as our team and ‘our’ lawyers. She is not divorcing me, we are divorcing each other,” he wrote. ”AND I tried to divorce her 7 times and she begged me to stay and kept abusing me. I will tell more of the story later.”
Following that post, Sam Collier released a separate, formal statement and an apology: “I would like to apologize for my earlier comments regarding my divorce. It did not reflect the leader I am or my sincere feelings. I was emotionally overwhelmed and angry at the highest level. These past two months have been extremely exhausting.”
Source:Christian Post
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Sam Collier and Toni Collier Relationship
Popular Atlanta pastor Sam Collier made a significant announcement on December 1st, revealing that he and his wife, Toni, are undergoing a divorce. The statement, shared on a Friday, provided limited details about the couple’s relationship, such as when they started dating, how they met, or when they got married. Despite the lack of specific information about the beginnings of their union, the news emphasized the current end of their relationship, marking a challenging and personal chapter in their lives.
The revelation of Sam and Toni Collier’s divorce underscores the complexities that public figures, especially those in pastoral roles, may face in their personal lives. As the details surrounding the separation remain undisclosed, the public’s attention shifts to the couple’s journey ahead, recognizing the importance of privacy and sensitivity during such challenging times.
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“The Day of the Unbiblical ‘Co-Pastor’ Couple is Over”: Whyte III on the Collier Divorce
ATLANTA — In the wake of the very public and scandalous divorce unfolding between former Hillsong Atlanta pastor Sam Collier and his wife, Toni, a prominent voice is declaring a sobering verdict on the state of modern ministry. Daniel Whyte III, president of Gospel Light Society International, states that the era of the charismatic pastor and his “co-pastor” wife—who operate without being genuinely filled with the Holy Ghost and grounded in the Bible—is conclusively over in America.
“SAM COLLIER and his wife TONI are the latest young pastor couple to bite the dust through scandal and divorce,” Whyte said. While holding both individuals responsible for their “sin and foolishness,” Whyte places significant blame on the broader “Evangelical-Charismatic machine”—including institutions like HILLSONG CHURCH—for enabling their downfall.
Whyte argues this system promotes a dangerous lie: that the wife is on an equal level of authority with the husband in both ministry and the home. He critiques popular slogans like “Happy wife, happy life” and a culture that accepts men being “hen-pecked, controlled, and dominated by their wives” as the norm. This framework, he contends, is supported by false teachings on Ephesians 5 that distort biblical submission and encourage men to seek God’s will primarily through their wives—a practice Whyte calls “asinine if not demonic.”
“The Evangelical-Charismatic church machine put this on steroids in the late ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s,” Whyte asserts. This environment, he says, has fostered a 60-year tradition in both Black and white churches of handling sin with secrecy. The unspoken rule, according to Whyte, becomes: “If you commit adultery, if mess is going on in your marriage, just do not let your church know about it. Lie about it. Cover it up. Be phony… Be the Addams family in your house and be the Brady Bunch family at church.”
The Colliers’ Public Unraveling
The couple’s collapse played out on Instagram last week. Toni Collier announced she was seeking a divorce “after years of discovering and enduring repeated acts of infidelity,” stating the marriage was no longer “sustainable or God-honoring.”
Minutes later, Sam Collier fired back in a since-deleted post, accusing Toni of being a “liar and abuser” and claiming documented abuse throughout their marriage. He later apologized, saying he was “emotionally overwhelmed and angry.”
Whyte, examining the “hellacious situation,” sees a tragic blueprint: a preacher, potentially “getting his behind whipped by his wife,” and a wife citing serial infidelity. While he would normally recommend counseling with respected figures like Dr. Tony Evans, Whyte is pessimistic in this case, given the couple’s background and the public damage.
He issues a stark warning to the couple, who share two young children: “if there is any way possible these two can reconcile, they had better do it.” Whyte emphasizes the spiritual stakes, quoting the adage “God does not like ugly,” and warning that destroying a marriage blessed with children invites divine correction. “You both better think long and hard about what you’re doing before you destroy the souls of these precious little children.”
A Questionable Ministry Pedigree
Whyte’s broader critique extends to the systems that elevate leaders like Collier. Sam Collier’s rise was marked by what Whyte terms a “horrific Christian pedigree.” Before being tapped by Hillsong’ Brian Houston to launch the Atlanta church, Collier served at the church of pro-choice Senator Raphael Warnock, spent years at the scandal-plagued megachurch of Bishop Eddie Long, and worked under Andy Stanley. Notably, Collier has no formal seminary training.
His tenure at Hillsong Atlanta was brief. He stepped down to start his own church just weeks after Hillsong’ global leader Brian Houston was ousted amidst the network’s own scandals, which included questions of financial impropriety that also touched the Atlanta branch.
For Whyte, the Collier divorce is not an isolated incident but a symptomatic failure of a modern ministry model that prioritizes charisma, co-pastor dynamics, and growth over biblical holiness, integrity, and clear, scripture-based roles. It is, in his view, a predictable result when the “machine” embraces form over Spirit-filled substance.
“The day of the charisma-filled pastor and his ‘co-pastor’ wife, who both are not Holy Ghost filled and Bible filled, is over in America,” Whyte concluded. “I KNOW I’M RIGHT ABOUT IT.”
Sources: Protestia, Christian Post, Fresherslive. For further reading, visit the links provided in the original report.
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Daniel Whyte III has been preaching the Gospel for over 46 years and is the founder and President of the over 42-year-old Gospel Light Evangelistic Society International, Pastor of the over 38-year-old Gospel Light House of Prayer International, and Founder, President, and Editor-in-Chief of the over 22-year-old Black Christian News One (BCNN1.com)—reaching millions with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, discipleship preaching, and the whole counsel of God around the world by any means necessary, “Crying in the wilderness,” and “Exiled on the Isle of Patmos.”.
Daniel Whyte III was honored by being named one of the 17 most notable alumni in the history of the 134-year-old Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas, and one of the 69 most notable alumni in the history of the 53-year-old Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Daniel Whyte III holds the following degrees from these universities:
- Doctor of Ministry (D.Min., in progress) – Liberty University John W. Rawlings School of Divinity, Lynchburg, VA
- Master of Theology (Th.M.) – Liberty University John W. Rawlings School of Divinity, Lynchburg, VA
- Master of Divinity (M.Div.) – Liberty University John W. Rawlings School of Divinity, Lynchburg, VA
- Bachelor of Arts in Religion (B.A.) – Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, Texas
- Bachelor of Theological Studies – Bethany Divinity College and Seminary, Dothan, Alabama (Honors: Summa Cum Laude)
Daniel Whyte III was also honored to sit with presidents and world leaders by being invited by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association to attend the homegoing of Dr. Billy Graham.
He is the Essence national best-selling author of Letters to Young Black Men and the Amazon best-selling author of Letters to Young Black Women (African-American category). He has authored over 100 books.
He is also the founder, president, and editor-in-chief of the 20-year-old BlackChristianNews.com (BCNN1.com), which has impacted every denomination in the evangelical and Christian world and has influenced presidents, the U.S. government, governments around the world, and the public square. BlackChristianNews.com has been named the #1 Black Christian website and blog in the world for four years running by the independent Feedspot and is on the list of the top 60 Christian news sites in the world—red, yellow, black, or white.
He has preached the Gospel and the Word of God in person across America and in over 24 countries to thousands of people. He has preached the Gospel and the Word of God to millions of people around the world with the help of the internet, preaching live and on-demand multiple times a day for over eight years, to this very day. His mottoes are “Crying in the Wilderness,” “Exiled on the Isle of Patmos,” and “Preaching the Gospel by any means necessary,” all for the glory of God and Jesus Christ.
Daniel Whyte III is the president of the over-40-year-old Gospel Light Evangelistic Society International and the over-37-year-old Gospel Light House of Prayer International. He is known worldwide as the prophet who predicted the Coronavirus Plague over 10 years before it hit in recorded preaching and writing. God also led him to guide thousands through the Coronavirus Plague that killed over 20 million people because of the sins in the Judas-Laodicean church.
Daniel Whyte III’s greatest blessing in this life is his “quiver full” of 10 children—Daniella (Danni), Daniel IV, Danita Evangeline, Danae Mary-Louise, Daniqua Grace, Danyel Ezekiel, Danyelle Elizabeth Breedlove, Danielle Tekeela, Duran-Daniel, and the first Daniel IV (deceased and in heaven with the Lord)—along with grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Daniel Whyte III has been unblissfully but sexually satisfyingly married to his first and only wife, Meriqua Whyte of Christiana, Jamaica, for over 37 years since December 19, 1987. Jesus Christ said: “And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.” Even though many evangelicals, charismatics, and Protestants try to act as if these words of Jesus Christ are not a reality in our modern Christianity—primarily because of the Satanic-driven prosperity gospel and an over-positive philosophy, which is a lie not based in reality or biblical truth—the words of Jesus Christ are true for every person who preaches the Gospel. The outcomes of the Gospel are a changed life and opposition from family, lukewarm Christians, Laodicean-Judas pastors and churches, the world, and the devil. This is a reality in our present evil world.
While Daniel Whyte III thoroughly enjoys his married life because he did not allow his wife to have her way at any point and was and is solidly and biblically the head of his household throughout the marriage—often quoting Joshua, “As for me and my house, we’re going to serve the Lord” “up in here!”—and because his wife never failed in the very important area of sex, which he got married for in the first place to avoid sinning against God, he has especially enjoyed the privilege and joy of raising his children in the Lord virtually by himself. He served the Lord with them every day of their lives, from the time they were born until they graduated from college, became adults, and moved on.
However, his wife, Meriqua Whyte—motivated by Satan, with a Pharaoh-style pride mixed with the well-known female Jamaican-style pride, stubbornness, rebelliousness, and witchcraft—has been his greatest Judas enemy in the world and has been what Paul spoke of: a “messenger of Satan” and a “thorn in the flesh.” Amazingly, and by the grace of God, that Satanic evil opposition has spurred Daniel Whyte III on to preach the Gospel probably more times than any man on record. God has honored him because he did not “hearken to the voice of his wife.” Whyte tells other Christian men to only hearken to the voice of God and Jesus Christ—not to their wives, as so many thousands of church men have been taught by pastors and other older men throughout the years. Remember, we are in this worldwide, multi-generational mess because Adam hearkened to the voice of his wife and not to the voice of God.
Before they were married, Daniel Whyte III told his wife Meriqua Whyte that they would not do family life as her parents did, because their married life was hellacious and ended in divorce, as did some of her other family members, including the aunt she was living with. He also told his wife they would not do family life as his parents did, because it was also hellacious and out of order since his mother was the head of the household, not his father. But thanks be to God, they never got a divorce. Whyte told his wife before they got married that they were going to do it God’s way according to Ephesians chapters 5 and 6, or no way at all. And then he asked his wife, “Are you willing to do marriage God’s way according to Ephesians chapters 5 and 6?” And she said yes. Whyte told her before they got married that if she did not live up to her end of the deal, all bets were off.
Because Daniel Whyte III’s wife, Meriqua Whyte, was so proud, unsubmissive, stubborn, and rebellious after they got married, God led him to read Ephesians chapters 5 and 6 every day in their family devotions throughout their marriage. In the first year of their marriage, Daniel Whyte III also gave his wife a list of verses for women from the Word of God for her to read, which she still reads to this day. He also bought her many books to read to help her be the wife God wanted her to be.
Whyte realized early in the marriage that his wife was not a born-again, saved person even though she lied and said she was before they got married. After over 37 years of marriage, she is still not saved, never bearing any fruit of a saved person, to the point of not even wanting to tell her children, “I love you” and not wanting to hug them when they were little children, even after her husband told her to do so. She also hated the daily family devotions that her husband led and tried to hinder them. She also demonically hated and tried to hinder every Gospel preaching service to this very day.
However, only by the grace of God, they are still married, and despite the devil constantly working through his wife to try to hinder him from preaching the Word of God, he is still preaching the Gospel and the Word of God live and on-demand. His ministry reaches over 148,800 people per month with over 21,000 unique views per month, reaching 149 countries, preaching the Gospel and the Word of God in 2 to 3 services a day, 7 days a week. Glory be to God!
Mrs. Meriqua Whyte’s Apology to her Husband and Their 7 Children for not Being a Biblical Wife or Mother
Mrs. Meriqua Whyte, the Wife of Daniel Whyte III, Gave him the Best Father’s Day Gift Ever About 10 Years Ago When She Unexpectedly and Voluntarily Apologized for the First Time to Him and Their 7 Children for Not Being the Wife, Mother, and Christian Example of the Woman She Should Have Been Over the Past 37 Years of Marriage
Here is what Mrs. Meriqua Whyte wrote ten years ago after verbally apologizing to the entire family on Father’s Day, right before church service:
Over thirty years of marriage. Over thirty years of ups and downs. Over thirty years of trying to make our problems a personal thing between my husband and me. Thankfully, he did not allow me to do that and kept telling me it was between God and me—over thirty years of acting on my feelings and not on what the Bible says. Over thirty years of refusing to obey God’s simple command to a wife—to be obedient to your husband in all things. Over thirty years of disobedience, rebelliousness, stubbornness, lying, and dishonesty, all rooted in pride. Over thirty years of simply not choosing to mature as a Christian.
God has been dealing with me for over thirty years now about changing my attitude and behavior as a wife, which has manifested itself in disobedience, rebelliousness, stubbornness, lying, dishonesty, having an ungodly attitude and spirit, and simply not being the wife, mother, or example of a Christian woman that I should have been throughout the years. (By the way, for those of you who may be thinking that my disobedience, rebelliousness, stubbornness, lying, and dishonesty have resulted in adultery, I will say here that I have never committed any adultery or had sex with another man besides my husband, Daniel Whyte III, since I was born.)
God kept telling me I needed to stop my rebellious and stubborn behavior, apologize to my husband and children, and get my heart right with him, my husband, and my children. He sent others my way to tell me how to behave:
- My husband, but I didn’t want to hear it from him
- Other Christian women speakers
- Other preachers
- Books and other materials, but I would not take heed
I knew what to do, but I chose not to do it. The devil had me thinking and believing—as he is having a lot of wives and mothers think and believe—that your relationship with your husband and how you respond to him, whether positive or negative, will not affect your relationship with your children or your relationship with God. I say without hesitation that this is one of the devil’s lies, and sad to say, many wives and mothers are falling for this lie.
Another lie of the devil that Christian wives are falling for is that you can still have a strong relationship with God without being submissive to your husband. Lie! Lie! Lie! There is no truth to this. I know because I have experienced this and am still experiencing this as I am going through this breaking process, which is not happening overnight.
Even throughout my years of rebelliousness, stubbornness, and pride, I still kept praying the prayer I used to pray daily before I got married: “Lord, make me be exactly what You want me to be. Lord, break, make, and mold me into what you want me to be.” Well, God took that prayer seriously, and once you accept Him, He will begin the breaking process. It’s up to us how long that breaking process will take. For me, sad to say, it has taken over 30 years, and the breaking is not complete. In what way is God breaking me down right now? Well, our children have grown up. The three oldest have gone through and are still going through college, have gotten their degrees, and some are working on their second, third, and fourth degrees, launching their careers and moving out. God slapped me into reality and truly intensified the breaking process. My husband told me before our first child was born and repeatedly while the children were young that my job was to love our children and make positive memories with them and that if I did that, I would have a wonderful relationship with them as adults in the time to come. Well, I disobeyed God and my husband, who did not let up on his duties. And he has a wonderful relationship with our children, even the girls, and I don’t. However, God led me to finally break the day before Father’s Day, and while I was helping my husband get dressed to preach, I asked him if I could apologize to him and the entire family. That’s the first time I ever did that on my own. Throughout the years, he has always told me that I needed to get my heart right with God, him, and my children; otherwise, I would never have the joy and peace of the Lord in my life. However, I kept on lying and denying that I was the problem.
Here is what I said to my husband and children on Saturday afternoon, June 17, 2017, the day before Father’s Day. My husband told the entire family that this was the best Father’s Day gift I have ever given to him:
“Daddy, children, I apologize for not being the wife, mother, and example of a Christian woman I should have been throughout the years. I have shown nothing but pride, disobedience, rebelliousness, stubbornness, and a bad attitude and spirit toward God and my husband in front of you. My disobedience and rebelliousness have caused much unnecessary unrest and upheaval in the family. As my husband told me, things could have gone much better if I had obeyed God’s word from the beginning. Please accept my apology, and I am asking you to forgive me.”
The diminishing of peace and joy in my life throughout the years I brought on myself. Not having a proper relationship with God, my husband, and my children, I brought on myself—all because I chose the disobedient route. My number one desire is to live a life of peace—peace with God, my husband, and my children. I have learned that peace will not come as long as I live in disobedience, rebelliousness, stubbornness, and pride.
I will end this with two notes: (1) Happy Father’s Day to my husband: you have been a great husband and father. (2) Happy Children’s Day to my children: You all have been great children. I have no complaints whatsoever against my husband and, of course, children; you have never been at fault. My bad behavior is all on me, and I’m sorry I put you through this. May God bless your lives, and I love you.
Ephesians 5:22 – 6:20 (KJV)
Below is the passage in the Bible that Daniel Whyte III read in their family devotions every day for decades. It covers the biblical duties of the husband, the wife, and the children, and includes how to fight against the devil who is seeking to destroy the family.
22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
6 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
2 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
7 With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:
8 Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
9 And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
The Gospel in a Nutshell
If you were to die today, where would you go: Heaven or Hell? If you’re not sure, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.”
Jesus Christ said the most important words ever spoken in the history of the world when He said, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16)
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The Most Important Question in the World: Have You Been Twice Born?
This is the “Chief of sinners,” Daniel Whyte III, president of Gospel Light Society International, with the Gospel Light Minute X Podcast #447, titled, “The Big Question.” I’m here to remind you of what the Bible says: that “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” like you and me.
“Have You Been Born Again?”
The question is not, “Have you joined a church?” or “Are you trying to do your best?” or “Do you have religion?” but, “Are you twice-born?” Jesus Christ said in John 3:3, “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
We enter the physical world by birth. Spiritual life, likewise, is entered with a birth. We become members of a human family by birth; we become members of the family of God by birth, by being “born again.” There is no other way to get into the human family except by birth, and there is no other way to get into God’s family except by the new birth. Neither education, nor cultivation, nor reformation, nor “turning over a new leaf,” will accomplish this. What is needed is not a new “leaf” but a new “life”! “Ye must be born again” (John 3:7).
A New Nature Needed
By physical birth, we become partakers of human nature; by being born again, we become “partakers of the divine nature.” A Christian is the product of a divine “begetting.” The second birth is not an improvement of the old nature; it is the imparting of an entirely new nature. The old nature is hopelessly corrupt and incapable of ever being made fit for His presence. The new birth requires a creative act of the Holy Spirit. “If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature.”
Not “Trying” But “Trusting”
“Trying to follow Christ” is not Christianity. Christianity is not imitation of Christ; it is the indwelling of Christ. Christianity is not trying to do anything. It is trusting Christ, who has done it all! He has “finished the work,” and there is nothing left to do but simply to receive and trust Him. He shed His precious blood on the cross, and the work is all done once and forever! Cease trying and begin trusting! Believers will progressively become more and more like Christ, but by His power, not their own.
What Must I Do To Be Saved?
Simply “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.” The Bible says in 1 John 5:1, “Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God.” The Bible states in John 1:12-13, “As many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”
You are born again, you become a Christian by trusting a Person—receiving a Person. The very moment you do this, the Lord Jesus Christ comes in and life begins!
What Is Meant By “Believe”?
To “believe on the Lord Jesus Christ” means more than simply believing the historic facts concerning Him. Intellectual belief about Christ is not sufficient. The belief that brings salvation must be “with the heart,” that is, with the whole being. This belief also includes repentance: “Repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.” The Bible states in Acts 17:30, “God… now commandeth all men everywhere to repent.”
The faith which saves, then, includes the necessity to repent and to receive Christ as Savior and Lord, to rest upon Him alone for salvation. It means to trust Him so utterly and completely that, if He should fail, there would be no hope at all!
May I Know That I Am Born Again?
This is an important question. We know that we are born again by the testimony of God’s Word. God says in John 5:24, “He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.” Have you believed on the Lord Jesus Christ as explained by God’s Word? If so, then you are saved, you are “born again,” you have “passed from death unto life.” God says so! Take God at His Word, and go on your way rejoicing!
One Final Word
You may “belong to a church,” you may be “trying to do the best you can,” you may be “striving to live right.” Your outward life may be the model of moral correctness, and you may be looked up to, honored, revered, and respected. Yet, if you have not been “born again,” you are just as lost as if you had never heard of Christ. Yes, you may teach in the Sunday school, read the Bible, sing, shout, “feel happy,” and all the rest—but if you have never been “born again,” you are still in your sins and a stranger to the Lord Jesus Christ.
If you want to be saved from the wrath to come and from an eternity in Hell, and if you believe that Jesus Christ suffered, bled, and died on the cross for your sins, was buried, and rose again from the dead, and you are willing to trust Jesus Christ with all of your heart so you can go to Heaven, please pray with me what is called the sinner’s prayer:
Holy Father God, I acknowledge that I am a sinner and I admit that I have sinned against You and that I have broken Your Ten Commandments. I have lied before. I have stolen things before. I have lusted after people and things before. I have dishonored and disobeyed my parents. I have taken Your holy Name in vain. For Jesus Christ’s sake, please have mercy and grace upon my soul and forgive me of all of my sins, my failures, and my faults. As I now believe in Your Holy Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. I believe that He suffered, bled, and died on the cross for my sins, was buried, and rose again. Lord Jesus, please come into my heart and save my soul and change my life. Fill me with Your Holy Spirit and help me to repent of my sins past. Help me to turn from my old, evil life and follow You in the new life. For it is in Your Name I pray. Amen.
