ATLANTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 03: Marvin Sapp speaks during the 2025 BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards at Flourish Atlanta on April 03, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images for BMI)
Bishop Marvin Sapp wed Dr. La’Boris Cole recently in a lavish wedding that included a helicopter arrival. Photos of the grandiose celebration had social media speculating about every detail, down to the cost! Well, Dr. Sapp cleared the air on Easter Sunday during the service, denying that church money funded their wedding.
Essence covered the Sapp wedding, revealing that the couple wed on March 20 at his church, The Chosen Vessel. He reportedly wore two suits with red bottoms that day, while she donned a princess-style, strapless gown with a long veil. Dr. La’Boris arrived in a helicopter. And the wedding was a black-tie affair, complete with a ballerina performance. Soon, the internet started yapping about the celebration’s luxurious elements.
So, while speaking to the congregation on Sunday, Dr. La’Boris reportedly thanked her husband for accepting her in full and never making it a competition between them.
“Make sure you know who you’re marrying, that you dont marry somebody trying to compete with you. So, Bishop, thank you so much for taking all of me, all that came with me, ministry, goofy, loud, happy, loving,” she said.
La’Boris added that Marvin Sapp is a good man who doesn’t defraud the church. “You dont take or rob the church. The church didnt pay for the wedding, yall stop lying. Gods been good to me.”
Dr. La’Boris speaking on her husband’s character comes a year after his “close the doors” controversy. At the time, video surfaced of him encouraging a conference crowd in 2024 to donate to the church, and encouraging what appeared to be ushers to “close the doors.” He said on the ‘Rickey Smiley Morning Show’ last year that the resurfaced footage led to death threats against his family. However, he clarified that the donations went back to the church’s conference budget, denying that he cashed in on any of it.
“Im not walking around here trying to be a pimp. Im not trying to take advantage of people. Thats never been my passion. Im serious about ministry,” Marvin Sapp explained on the morning show.
In addition to clearing up their wedding’s funding, Dr. La’Boris Cole Sapp also addressed her unique wedding entrance. The helicopter. Mrs. Sapp clarified that she bought the helicopter, not her husband. She added that “everybody’s not broke and everybody don’t need the church’s money.” Dr. La’Boris said she’s surrendered her life to God who has blessed her and the bishop with “multiple streams of income” outside of the church. “When he wasn’t getting paid here, God still blessed him,” she told the congregation on Resurrection Sunday.
“I told God a long time ago, I’m not going to serve you and your people and I’m broke,” she said, as reported by theJasmineBrand.
