[VIDEO] Clarence McClendon and Ron Gibson of Preachers of LA misinterpret 3 John 2 to support false prosperity doctrine.

Clarence McClendon, Tia and Tamera Mowry’s former pastor, was once one of the most respected rising leaders in LA. But when his wife of 16 years, Tammera, and mother of their four children, divorced the then 35-year-old McClendon in 2000, he blamed her for wanting to leave.

Everything really hit the fan, though, when the scorned ex-wife publicly refuted his story, telling Charisma Magazine, her husband was the one pressing for the split.  

"I didn't want a divorce,” clarified the former missus. “When I finally said yes to Clarence, he asked me to file because it would look bad if he divorced me-which could hurt his ministry."

On top of that, before the officials in the denomination McClendon belonged to had an opportunity to review and investigate what happened, the pastor pulled his 10,000-member Church of the Harvest International out of the organization.

Citing institutional racism as his purpose for leaving, though the preacher made a statement to the contrary a year prior, McClendon hastily married Priscilla Delgado, 30, of Los Angeles in a private ceremony.

The new marriage happened just seven days after the ink dried on his final divorce papers from his former wife, but McClendon maintains he did not commit adultery.

Reality TV, which places a hot, glowing spotlight on the lives of its participants, will likely continue the downward spiral of the church’s reputation in the eyes of the public.