Brooks, a Black preacher with deep community roots, ended up raising tens of millions of dollars for his transformational community and opportunity center, which is now under construction.

But he was also recently in the headlines for delivering a closing prayer during the Republican National Convention and for penning a Fox News op-ed titled, "I Reject the Victimhood Mentality Democrats Want Me to Accept. That's Why This Black Pastor Is a Republican."

In it, Brooks explained what happened years ago when people found out he's a conservative—a revelation he said didn't go over too well.

"Being in a Democratic stronghold city and state ... I underestimated the response drastically," he told Billy Hallowell's "Higher Ground" podcast. "I thought it would be OK. You know, people are free to have an opinion." (Screengrab image: via Project H.O.O.D. /YouTube)

Brooks quickly learned just how unpalatable some found his views, as he faced death threats and intense anger. Listen to him explain HERE.

"There was a lot of pushback, a lot of negative things that were said, a lot of character assassination," he said, noting he lost three-fourths of his congregation at the time. "We went from about 2,000-strong to about 500. And it was not a result of sin, it wasn't a result of somebody did something wrong—it was just the result of my political beliefs and the onslaught of attacks that people launched at me."... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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