Patti LaBelle, who recurs on this season of Greenleaf, makes her first appearance this week, and Shadow and Act has an exclusive clip!

In the episode, Lady Mae (Lynn Whitfield) visits world-famous Pastor Maxine Patterson (LaBelle) and endures the Bishop’s (Keith David) final attempt to win her back at a roundtable party. Connie (Jen Harper) asks if Grace (Merle Dandridge) is interested in running Calvary.

LaBelle joins the cast as Maxine Patterson, a famous Christian motivational speaker and the CEO of a global Christian self-help empire; an old friend of Lady Mae’s (Lynn Whitfield) from college days, Maxine will be Lady Mae’s sounding board and her greatest ally as Lady Mae attempts to consolidate her power at Calvary.

Watch the clip below: