>> Martha: THAT FLICK KANYE

THAT WE ALL KNOW, RIGHT?

NOW MAKING HEADLINES FOR A

GROWING MOVEMENT KNOWN AS

KANYE'S SUNDAY SERVICE.

DRAWING BELIEVERS AND

NONBELIEVERS.

WITH HIS NEW RECORD,

"JESUS IS KING," IS IT A PLOY TO

MAKE RECORDS OR SOMETHING MUCH

BIGGER THAN THAT?

>> IT IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE,

CHRISTIANS, NEW, BORN-AGAIN

CHRISTIANS WHO COME TOGETHER ON

A WEEKLY BASIS AND BASICALLY

JUST SING PRAISES TO THE MOST

HIGH, JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD AND

SAVIOR.

I CAN'T GET INTO PEOPLE'S

MOTIVES OF WHY THEY ARE HERE.

I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY,

GOD IS STILL BEING GLORIFIED.

>> DO YOU THINK IN SOME WAY THIS

COULD BE WAY OF BRINGING PEOPLE

BACK INTO FAITH OR SPIRITUALITY?

>> NO.

NOT AT ALL.

IT'S MUSIC.

THAT'S ALL IT IS.

>> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO PEOPLE

WHO SAY OH, THIS IS JUST, THIS

IS HOLLYWOOD.

JUST KANYE PROMOTING HIMSELF.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THAT?

>> I WOULD SAY, HOW MANY PEOPLE

ARE YOU BRINGING TO CHRIST,

BECAUSE KANYE IS DOING IT.

LET'S NOT JUDGE.

GOD CHANGES US ALL AND WE NEED

HIM.

>> WE ARE HERE IN LOS ANGELES

RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE FORUM WERE

USUALLY THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF

CONCERTS GOING ON.

TODAY, THERE'S A BANNER THAT

SAYS "IS KING."

WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING TO

HAPPEN BUT WE WILL FIND OUT.

>> I WANT YOU TO FEEL EXACTLY

WHAT I FELT.

I WAS ON THE FLOOR PRAYING TO

GOD.

I KNOW IT'S FUNNY, BUT WE WENT

THROUGH A LOT OF PAIN AND I HAD

TO STAND UP FOR WHAT I BELIEVE

IN.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> SO YOU SAID YOU'VE NEVER BEEN

TO CHURCH BEFORE.

HOW AMAZING THAT HERE YOU ARE

LISTENING TO HIP-HOP ARTIST, A

RAPPER, TELL YOU ABOUT HIS

EXPERIENCE WITH GOD?

WHAT WAS YOUR EXPERIENCE IN

THERE?

>> I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY

TRANSFORMATIVE.

IT WAS LIKE A WHOLE NEW

EXPERIENCE.

[SINGING]

>> BEFORE IN MY LIFE, AND NEVER

REALLY KEPT GOD OR RELIGION

REALLY IN MIND.

WHAT I'M GOING TO BE MORE

OPEN-MINDED.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY A KEY

THING ABOUT IT.

JUST BE MORE OPEN-MINDED AND

KEEP IT IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD

WHILE I GO THROUGH MY EVERYDAY

LIFE.

>> SO, THIS IS LEGITIMATE?

>> I BELIEVE SO, YEAH.

I BELIEVE SO.

GOD CAN USE ANYTHING FOR HIS

GOOD, YOU KNOW?

IF THIS IS THE ATMOSPHERE WHERE

SOME PEOPLE NEED TO BE REACHED,

THEN GOD WILL USE IT.

[SINGING HALLELUJAH]

>> Martha: THE MUSIC IS

BEAUTIFUL.

IT'S VERY MOVING WATCHING THIS.

BUT EVERYONE IS ALWAYS SO

SUSPECT OF KANYE AND HIS

MOTIVES.

HE WANTS TO SELL RECORDS.

WHAT WAS YOUR TAKE AWAY FROM

BEING THERE?

>> I WAS 1 OF 17100 PEOPLE IN

THE FORUM.

LET ME TRY TO DESCRIBE IT LIKE

THIS, MARTHA.

IT WAS ONE PART HIP-HOP CONCERT,

MAYBE ONE PART JUST KANYE BEING

KANYE, DOING A LOT OF FUN AND

CRAZY.

MAY BE TWO PARTS A GOSPEL CHOIR

AND A REALLY GOOD ONE, AS WE

JUST SAW.

MAYBE THREE PARTS A BILLY GRAHAM

CRUSADE STYLE REVIVAL.

BUT IT'S KANYE WEST DOING IT.

IT WAS FASCINATING.

>> Martha: DO THINK GOD COULD

BE WORKING THROUGH KANYE WEST?

>> OF COURSE.

>> Martha: I'M DEFINITELY

FLAWED.

I THINK IT'S VERY INTERESTING.

WE'LL SEE.

I HOPE THAT IT DOES FOR HIM AND

FOR HIS LIFE.

I THINK IT'S INTERESTING.

HE'S FOCUSING ON TAKING BACK

SUNDAYS.

HE'S VERY BIBLE BASED.

HE'S VERY TRADITIONAL BIBLE

BASED.

IT'S NOT LIKE HE'S MAKING UP A

NEW THING.

BUT HE WROTE THAT HE'S GETTING

SOME SNICKERS.

IT HAS THE CHICK-FIL-A LINE IN

IT.

LISTEN TO THIS.

>> LISTEN TO THIS.

HOLD THE SELFIE.

PUT THE GRAM AWAY.

HE ALL HOLD HANDS AND PRAY.

TEMPTATIONS, MAKE SURE THEY ARE

WIDE AWAY.

FOLLOW JESUS.

LISTEN AND OBEY.

>> HE MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT

HOW THIS ALL ORIGINATED.

HE ADMITTED HIMSELF FOR

EXHAUSTION.

HE HAD THIS DEAL THAT FELL APART

AND HIS WIFE, KIM KARDASHIAN HAD

JUST BEEN ROBBED IN A HOTEL ROOM

IN PARIS.

HIS LIFE WAS KIND OF A DISASTER

AND HE FELT CALLED TO START A

CHURCH.

AND THEN HE WENT TO HIS AIDES

AND THEY ARE ALIKE, NO YOU CAN'T

START A CHURCH.

HE SAYS OH, YOU'RE RIGHT.

LET'S DO SOMETHING ELSE.

HE'S CREATED THIS EXPERIENCE.

I DON'T THINK IT'S A SUBSTITUTE

FOR CHURCH.

I WENT TO MASS.

BUT I THINK IT COULD BE A

CATALYST FOR PEOPLE.

HE SAID THAT HE HAD NEVER BEEN

TO CHURCH AND HIS ENTIRE LIFE.

IT WAS BECAUSE OF A KANYE WEST

EVENT THAT HE WAS RE-EXAMINING

HIS LIFE.

I LOVE IT.

>> Martha: YEAH.

HE'S SAYING PUT ON YOUR PHONES,

PUT DOWN INSTAGRAM.

TAKE SUNDAY TO BE WITH YOUR

FAMILY.

I THINK IT'S FASCINATING.

WE'LL SEE WHERE IT GOES.

THANK YOU FOR GOING OUT THERE.

GREAT PIECE THAT YOU DID.