Pastor Kicks 103-Year-Old Member Out of the Church

The newly installed pastor of the Union Grove Baptist Church has kicked a longstanding member out of his church. The 103-year-old  Genora Hamm Biggs joined the church at the tender age of 11 and has remained a member for 92 years. Biggs and the current pastor, Reverend Tim Mattox, are at odds over the church’s denominational background. According to Biggs, Mattox was hired as a Baptist minister but, in fact, is a Holiness preacher. The church has always been Baptist and the elderly member wants it to stay that way.

Biggs is a retired elementary school teacher and Mattox is a former student of her first-grade class. He, Deacon Glen Jackson and at least nine others signed the letter revoking the former teacher’s membership. The letter explained that Biggs … click HERE to continue reading