Wayne Chaney Jr.: Difference between revisions

Wayne Chaney, Jr. is the grandson of Dr. T.M. Chambers, Sr. and of Rev. Joe Chaney, Jr.<ref name=ABS/> He is married to Myesha Chaney. The couple have three children.

 

 

Chaney and his wife Myesha are featured on the [[Oxygen (TV channel)|Oxygen]] series [[Preachers of L.A.]]<ref name=Jackson-Fossett>{{cite news|last1=Jackson-Fossett|first1=Cora|title=Crusades 2014 Conference features Chaney|url=http://www.lasentinel.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13666:rush-crusades-2014-conference-features-chaney&catid=97&Itemid=187|accessdate=31 March 2015|publisher=Los Angeles Sentinel|date=9 October 2014}}</ref> According to [[The Christian Post]], Wayne and Myesha Chaney agreed to showcase their marriage on television in order to represent "a Godly marriage on television."<ref name=Tomasos>{{cite news|last1=Tomasos|first1=Christine|title='Preachers of L.A.' Pastor Wayne Chaney Wants to Provide Alternative to 'Love And Hip-Hop' Relationships|url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/preachers-of-l-a-pastor-wayne-cheney-wants-to-provide-alternative-to-love-and-hip-hop-relationships-127397/|accessdate=30 March 2015|publisher=The Christian Post|date=2 October 2014}}</ref><ref name=Scott>{{cite news|last1=Scott|first1=Tracy|title=Wayne, Myesha Chaney talk making marriage work|url=http://s2smagazine.com/2014/10/01/wayne-myesha-chaney-talk-making-marriage-work/|accessdate=30 March 2015|publisher=S2Smagazine|date=1 October 2014}}</ref> A controversy arose around pastor Chaney's statement that "We want people to know you can be saved, sanctified, and sexual... God made us that way."<ref name=TomasosC>{{cite news|last1=Tomasos|first1=Christine|title='Preachers Of L.A.' Pastor Wayne Chaney Explains 'Saved, Sanctified and Sexual'|url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/preachers-of-l-a-pastor-wayne-cheney-explains-saved-sanctified-and-sexual-107716/|accessdate=30 March 2015|publisher=The Christian Post|date=30 October 2013}}</ref><ref name=Wills>{{cite news|last1=Wills|first1=Cortney|title=Pastor Wayne Chaney Talks Luxe Living; Defends ‘Preachers Of L.A.’|url=http://cocoafab.com/exclusive-pastor-wayne-cheney-talks-luxe-living-defends-preachers-of-l-a/|accessdate=30 March 2015|publisher=CocoaFab|date=24 October 2014}}</ref> Chaney, his wife, and the other "Preachers" were criticized in the press for the affluent lifestyles the program portrayed them as living.<ref name=TomasosTheReal>{{cite news|last1=Tomasos|first1=Christine|title='Preachers of LA' Talk 'Fancy Cars, Huge Houses' On 'The Real'|url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/preachers-of-la-talk-fancy-cars-huge-houses-on-the-real-129915/|accessdate=31 March 2015|publisher=Christian Post}}</ref>

* 2014: [[Preachers of L.A.#Season 2 .282014.29|Preachers of L.A. Season 2]]

 

 

Chaney received the 2010 Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Maker Award from the city of Long Beach. <ref name=Canalis>{{cite news|last1=Canalis|first1=John|title=MLK Peace Maker Awards recipients announced|url=http://www.presstelegram.com/technology/20100105/mlk-peace-maker-awards-recipients-announced|accessdate=31 March 2015|publisher=Press Telegram|date=5 January 2010}}</ref><ref name=Mellen>{{cite news|last1=Mellen|first1=Greg|title=Parade to honor Martin Luther King Jr. will wrap up Peace Week|url=http://www.presstelegram.com/technology/20100110/parade-to-honor-martin-luther-king-jr-will-wrap-up-peace-week|accessdate=31 March 2015|publisher=Press Telegram|date=10 January 2010}}</ref>