Bishop Marvin Sapp and his wife, Dr. La’Boris Cole, set the record straight after social media users accused the couple of using the church’s money to fund their wedding.

What did Cole say about the online claims?

Cole addressed the allegations during Easter service, where she stood on the pulpit alongside her husband and called out those who claimed that the couple had misused church funds, according to Complex and The Jasmine Brand.

“Despite what the haters on the internet say about you, you are an integral man. You don’t take or rob the church,” she said, per Complex.

Cole clarified that the online rumors about their wedding were false: “The church didn’t pay for the wedding, y’all stop lying.”

Details on the couple’s wedding ceremony and what sparked online rumors

The couple held a private wedding ceremony on March 20 at The Chosen Vessel Church in Fort Worth, Texas. Photos of Sapp and Cole circulated online, particularly an image of them next to a helicopter. Reports indicated they arrived at the church by helicopter, as Cole also discussed.

“Everybody not broke [and] everybody don’t need the church’s money,” she said, emphasizing that both she and the Bishop have multiple streams of income outside of the pulpit.

Sapp is a Grammy-nominated gospel singer and has been the pastor of The Chosen Vessel Church since 2019, per WBLS.

This is his second marriage, as he was married to his first wife, Dr. MaLinda Sapp, for nearly 20 years before she died of colon cancer in September 2010, according to TV One.

Sapp on his relationship with his now-wife: ‘We were focused on establishing an unbreakable bond’

The newlywed couple stated their relationship began long before it became public. They were friends for over a decade before starting a relationship in 2024 and planning their marriage.

“While our wedding was a surprise to everyone outside of our immediate family, it was about a year in the making for us,” Sapp told Essence.

He continued, “We set the date before we were engaged! We were focused on establishing an unbreakable bond between us and taking the necessary measures to ensure we were entering into a marriage with a clear and aligned focus.”

Sapp has three children with his first wife and vowed that it would be “us four and no more.” However, since Cole became part of the family and the children have started their own families, they have all come together to form one big happy family.

“This is what every man envisions who is a patriarch of his family. He envisions being able to look back on his legacy and say, ‘Wow, look what the Lord has done,'” he said.