103-year-old Genora Hamm Biggs has attended the Union Grove Baptist Church in Georgia since she was 11 years old and even worked as the church's secretary for some 40 years. But Biggs was banned last month from attending after she disagreed with the church's pastor over his preaching style, Fox affiliate WAGA-TV reported.
Biggs said she disagreed with the way the pastor preached which she characterizes as a "Holiness style" that she claims doesn't belong in the Baptist church.
Biggs told the station that she and the current pastor of six years, Rev. Tim Mattox, have long sparred over his preaching style, "At one point, he had a crew in here and they were hollering and falling out in the middle of the floor," Biggs told the station. "We don't do that in the Baptist Church." Biggs said tensions came to a head in early August when Mattox sent her a letter stating she could no longer attend church there "for any reason whatsoever," the station reported. "This letter is to inform you that according to the By-Laws of the Union Grove Baptist Church, and by vote of the active members, any membership or associations that you have had with this church are now officially revoked," read the letter, dated Aug. 2. On Sunday, police was called to the small, white church in Elberton, Ga., after Biggs decided to attend service anyway, according to the station. Police said there was nothing they could do because the matter is a civil dispute between Biggs and the church.
Biggs, meanwhile, said nothing will stop her from attending the church. "This is my church, I love this church, and he cannot stop me from going," Biggs told the station. For more scintillating and juicy stories, follow the official Naijapals accounts On Twitter - @Naijapals and Facebook - www.facebook.com/naijapals
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Posted: at 16-09-2015 06:08 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
dareshola at 16-09-2015 06:19 AM (8 years ago) (m)
wonders they say will never stop
Posted: at 16-09-2015 06:19 AM (8 years ago) | Upcoming
How can you stop the woman from attending the Church ? That place is a Temple of God who forgive everyone of his or her sins and not your personal house for God sake
Posted: at 16-09-2015 06:40 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
hackynoni111 at 16-09-2015 07:45 AM (8 years ago) (m)
Quote from: sandra78 on 16-09-2015 06:40 AM
How can you stop the woman from attending the Church ? That place is a Temple of God who forgive everyone of his or her sins and not your personal house for God sake
i wonder o
Posted: at 16-09-2015 07:45 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Pastors and all the members, dem never born them when she started going to the church, yet dem wan ban her... Dem dey craze? Wat Nonsense... Mama continue going to church, nobody not even police can stop you..
Posted: at 16-09-2015 08:02 AM (8 years ago) | Hero
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