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    The Holy Family of <em>Greenleaf </em>Is a Sinful Mess

    The OWN series, which follows the leading family of a Memphis mega-church, cleverly dramatizes the gap between its characters’ sanctified public personas and their private misdeeds.
    by Hannah Giorgis Aug 30, 2018 4 minutes
    Source: Eli Ade / OWN

    In one of the early moments of Greenleaf’s Season 3 premiere, Bishop James Greenleaf (Keith David) rejects repeated advances from the rich, mysterious new congregant Rochelle Cross (LeToya Luckett). “I’m still married,” the bishop tells her as she caresses his cross pendant.

    When Cross protests—“She threw you out!”—the bishop offers a weightier explanation for his refusal to fall into bed with her: “I’m married to God’s vision of the man I’m meant to be.”’s characters stray often from the straight and narrow. The drama follows the bishop and the rest of the often dysfunctional Greenleaf family as they lead Calvary FellowshipWorld Ministries, a mega-church in Memphis, while attempting tackles hypocrisy both spiritual and secular. Its characters, even the holiest among them, sin spectacularly. The show is deft in its treatment of their transgressions; the Greenleafs do not escape judgment, whether divine or earthly.

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