Megachurch Pastor Michael Todd is firing back at comedian Druski’s viral megachurch skit that directly addressed some of the outlandish behaviors in the church, including at Todd’s Transformation Church.
In a recent message to his congregation, Todd said, “If you want to go forward, you cannot avoid…distraction.”
Todd then addressed the video specifically.
Pastor Mike Todd addresses Druski’s church skit saying it was all a distraction
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“It was an attack on people’s life’s of distraction”
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“There was a video that came out this past week with a few hundred million views, and some people were trying to link it to me,” he stated. “And so, I watched the video. It was hilarious. It was funny…and then people started trying to say different things, and the thing that I was most taken aback by was how much frustration it created in people.”
Todd says he saw people fighting online over the video’s content, calling it a distraction.
“Do you know how many people didn’t spend time with their kids this week, fighting with somebody they don’t know in the comments? Do you know how many people watched video after video after video, making decisions about what they wouldn’t do and what they will do? It was a distraction. There are people that did not do what God said to do this week because they needed to be in the know of what was happening in culture.”
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He then stated that he did not think Druski’s video was an attack on the church, but rather an “attack on your focus.”
Todd says he didn’t even really know what was going on because he hadn’t been actively on social media. The specific claims against him, Todd simply laughed off.
“I don’t even got a Rolls-Royce,” he said. “The reason I couldn’t get distracted is because I’m building something.”
“The enemy is into releasing weapons of mass distraction,” Todd continued. “The thing you cannot avoid if you’re on this Christian journey is distraction.”
While the enemy undoubtedly uses distraction, Todd is missing something: this video shows how the world sees the church. The fact that the video resonated so profoundly with the culture is precisely because it reflected how the world already sees Christianity. Mockery may sting, but it’s also a mirror—and the church must be humble enough to ask why the world thinks this parody is an accurate portrait of us.
That is the part we cannot afford to ignore. If culture sees the church as performative, self-absorbed and entertainment-driven, then we have not represented the humility, holiness and burning love for souls that Jesus commanded.
Now more than ever, the church must repent of spectacle without substance, reject the shallow performances that feed caricatures and return to the gospel that still has the power to transform nations.
The world is watching—and how we respond will determine whether they keep mocking, or begin asking for the hope that is in us.
Abby Trivett is a writer and editor for Charisma Media and has a passion for sharing the gospel through the written word. She holds two degrees from Regent University, a B.A. in Communication with a concentration in Journalism and a Master of Arts in Journalism. She is the author of the upcoming book, The Power of Suddenly: Discover How God Can Change Everything in a Moment.
