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Pulpit Forum to visit Shiloh on Friday

Greensboro’s alliance of ministers, the Pulpit Forum of Greensboro, plans to stand in the shadow of Shiloh Baptist Church at noon Friday and issue a statement concerning the recent termination of the Rev. F. Willis Johnson.

Johnson, pastor there for about two years, was suspended for 90 days in May, after an especially contentious past few months and a divided membership. Seven members acting as plaintiffs later sought a restraining order through the courts, as Johnson continued to preach and maintain his duties with the support of the deacon board. The church voted a few Sundays ago to terminate him.

While the ministerial alliance, which includes at least one former pastor of Shiloh who also left on contentious terms, has the right to make a statement, is it really any of their business to be pointing fingers at the church?

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Posted by Eddie Wooten on Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 1:59 pm

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wstutts

July 9, 2009 - 3:48 pm EDT

This must be a racial case. Why else would the Pulpit Forum get involved?

Righteousness

July 9, 2009 - 4:52 pm EDT

It's not a racial case at all, its a matter of the church not being able to bully the pastor into doing what is right for their pockets, money is a dangerous thing when the agenda is not in God’s will. The pastor was doing everything right and trying to uplift the community instead of building another building that wasn't a top priority....as always those will be judged and will learn the hard way when no one attends the church for those reasons.

Get A Clue

July 12, 2009 - 10:48 am EDT

"...is it really any of their business to be pointing fingers at the church?" Eddie Wooton

I encourage you to make a concious choice to not label their statement--before it's even been issued--as "pointing fingers at the church." This is a religious blog. The least you could do is practice impartiality before you have all the information in front of you.