The State Of The Father! w/Bishop Patrick L. Wooden, Sr.

Bishop Wooden saw his biological father only twice in his entire life. The first time, in a yellow Camaro with arms full of tattoos and a cigar a mile long. The second time, years later, the muscles were gone but the suit was sharp — heroin had taken its toll. Both times, Bishop Wooden didn't even feel safe enough to say "that's my dad." Today, Bishop Wooden is John Amanchukwu's father-in-law. He's also senior pastor of Upper Room Church of God in Christ in Raleigh, North Carolina, Bishop and Jurisdictional Prelate of the North Carolina Third Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, and the man who told John years ago to throw away every Baptist preaching tape he owned and become a warrior preacher instead. In this deeply personal Father's Day conversation on Disturbing the Peace, John sits down with the man who shaped him for one of the most honest fatherhood conversations you'll hear.   Bishop Wooden walks through the men God sent when his biological father wouldn't show up — Elder James Turner, his pastor, who on his deathbed lifted himself up and said the four words Bishop had never heard from any man: "You know you're my son, don't you?" And Coach Hal Stewart at Richmond County, who put Black players on the offensive line in the 1970s, lost his job over it, and refused to apologize.   They cover the validation a fatherless boy never receives, the moment his cousin Ricky told him to go back and fight the kid who beat him up (because that's what a father would have said), the free-lunch-line moment in 11th grade that became the reason he made sure his own kids never had to stand in that line, the karate demonstration where his son broke the board and looked into the audience for him, and his answer to every man who wonders if his children are worth staying for.   Bishop's pastoral charge for every child watching this Sunday wondering why their father didn't stay: "It wasn't that you weren't worth staying for. It's not you. You have a heavenly Father who cares for you. Don't let this day turn you into a perpetual victim." And his charge for every father watching: "This is how I got even. I didn't want Crystal and Patrick to feel what I felt. They didn't. That was a catharsis. You beat the devil by providing for someone what was not provided for you."   Watch, share with a man who needs to hear it, and drop your honest take below. Support our ministry: IKnowGod.us   🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6253188399300608   ⚡️ Website:  → https://iknowgod.us/ 👕 Merch → https://www.iknowgodmerch.com/   ▶️ Stay on YouTube Subscribe for more truth and bold commentary: https://www.youtube.com/@revwutruth   📲 Follow Me on Social Media Instagram ➤ https://www.instagram.com/revwutruth/ X (Twitter) ➤ https://x.com/REVWUTRUTH