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By BILL SHERMAN Staff Writer on Jul 2, 2013, at 4:42 PM  Updated on 7/03 at 6:34 PM



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A Skiatook pastor who is in his 70s got a lesson in the social media this week.

A YouTube video of the Rev. Jim Standridge dressing down members of his congregation during a sermon has gone viral.

As of Tuesday, about a quarter of a million people had watched the video, which drew the attention of the Huffington Post and other national media.

In it, Standridge, pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church, called out one member May 19 for dozing off during the sermon, and said of another, “You are one of the sorriest church members I have. You’re not worth 15 cents.”

He also told a man running a camera that if he loved him, he would not “go about establishing your own kingdom in the video room.”

By the time I called him Tuesday afternoon, Standridge was not talking.
A receptionist told him I was calling, and she came back to the phone with this message: "He’s already said all he’s going to say. He’s granted all the interviews he’s going to."

Earlier, Standridge told the Huffington Post: "What concern is it of me what a carnal world thinks of this?"

He said he disciplines his church members the way parents discipline a child, and they "love and esteem" him.

He also told the Post he has received support from all over the country and the world and asked that he not by judged by a five-minute video clip.

Here's the entire one-hour sermon:
May 19th, 2013 Morning Service from ibcskiatook on Vimeo.











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