UPC District board suing church in MS.?

[StMark]

Originally Posted by deltaguitar

Please post it!!!! We love gossip here in mississippi!!!!!

This comment from a preacher- names withheld

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did some more checking and it was a couple of board members who sued, and the district board did back them up! You would think that they would tell the people that the Bible is against that, but......
One former DS asked some of those there whose side are you on? They told him something along the lines he would see where they were setting.

This district for many years has backed the laity over the pastor, so it is not much of a suprise. In a 12 month period, in a district of around 150 churches, they had 75 give or take 1 or 2, vote in a new pastor. Over 45 of those churches voted out the former pastor, or ran him off. It was a board run church mentality.

__: wish that I had the self-constraint to stay out of this discussion, but when I watch a church where I invested almost 11 years of my life torn apart it is very difficult. Brother White, you have no idea how true your words are concerning the damage done to this community.
The exact percentage of those voting to disaffiliate was 58.7%. How can a pastor make a decision of this magnitude with that level of support?

That church building was the dream and effort of one of the greatest Christians that I ever knew- Charles Triplett. He died 4 years after the congregation moved into the sanctuary; his life insurance paid the first mortgage. Under my pastorate, the church retired the final $175,000 indebtedness. I added the Family Center wing. When I resigned, the church was debt-free and had $65,000 in the bank. Brother Mark Herrington later built the additional office and educational complex. I do not know the exact value of this property. I am sure that it exceeds four million dollars.

It appears to me that the WPF has targeted this church chiefly for the use of this outstanding complex. I INVITE ANY OF THE WPF LEADERSHIP TO COME ON THIS FORUM AND REFUTE THIS CLAIM. I left much of my heart in the city of Natchez and am grieved by these recent events. As I mentioned in an earlier post, my father and uncle conducted the first Apostolic meeting ever held in that city.

Another thing that has shocked me about this matter is the fact that some of Brother Triplett's dearest friends have been supportive of this fiasco. THIS CHAIN OF EVENTS IS NOT ABOUT TELEVISION ADVERTISING OR THE ROLE OF A CHURCH BOARD. My prayer is that somehow the good name and influence of this church, A UPC CHURCH FOR 57 YEARS, will survive intact in this the oldest settlement on the Mississippi River.

Hopefully, I rest my case.