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May 11, 2005
Update: East Waynesville Baptist Church Pastor Resigns
From John Bailes:
Rev. Chandler has resigned, as of last night.
I spoke with one of my sources in Waynesville this morning, a member in good standing at the church, and he said that Chandler "had to resign, and there was nothing else that could be done. We had a group of about 35, and his group was about 40 people. They met in a room before he resigned. He had preached some good sermons but made one huge mistake by telling us if you voted for Kerry you were going to have to leave or come down to the altar. You know, last night, he never apologized to us or to anybody else. I hope the deacons give him one more month in the parsonage. That's where he is living. He's got a young son who's sweet but is blind in one eye. I feel sorry for them. I'm disappointed, though, that he told the Southern Baptist Convention press that he never said what he said to us in his sermons. Those tapes prove it! They were made for our shut-in ministry. And they say exactly what he was saying to us. My wife is really hurt because her brother is a member in the church and he walked with the minister last night. Their father was good Christian man; he'd be turning over in his grave now."
| By colrus | 12:36 PM
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