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Mississippi pastor says he was kicked out of church for saying ‘black lives matter’
Fox News ^ | June 26 2020 | Caleb Parke

Posted on 06/26/2020 8:07:22 AM PDT by knighthawk

A Columbus, Miss., pastor, who is white, was allegedly given the boot by his former church for supporting protests and the idea that "black lives matter" after George Floyd's police-related death, The Christian Post reports.

After three and a half years leading The Heights Church, Bishop Scott Volland and his wife, Debra, were voted out by the church's board on June 18 because of differing views on addressing racial issues.

"Whether it is saying that 'black lives matter' (as a human fact), or in speaking out to remove racially offensive/insensitive monuments or politicians, I have been informed that my 'agenda will not work at this church,' and that I 'don’t speak for the church,'" Volland shared on Facebook the next day.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: blm; columbus; mississippi; pastor
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To: knighthawk

The fact that he referred to himself as Bishop and his wife as Lady would have been enough for me to show no interest in his church.


21 posted on 06/26/2020 8:35:47 AM PDT by Saltmeat (69)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

“Volland started a new “church for all people” “

A pastor should not split up a church. He should move to another area and then start a church.


22 posted on 06/26/2020 8:46:54 AM PDT by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
Volland started a new “church for all people” called The Bridge.

I guess "The Peoples Temple" was already taken.

23 posted on 06/26/2020 8:48:06 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: bert

Black Lives Matter*

*unless you’re a black unborn baby, black police officer, black business owner, black military member, or black conservative.


24 posted on 06/26/2020 9:25:50 AM PDT by Kharis13
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To: alstewartfan

All too often the most liberal person in a church is it’s pastor.


25 posted on 06/26/2020 9:38:41 AM PDT by cdcdawg (Don't care, still voting for Trump.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Perhaps the church realized they had a wolf in sheep’s clothing in their midst. I would condemn racism in my church and demand it stand against it, that’s doing the right thing. But BLM is a God hating Marxist organization and I would have stood on the floor and called him out for it. Most churches won’t make public statements about internal matters but this time I would issue a statement and make it perfectly clear why we parted ways. Calling your congregation racist because it’s socially hip without evidence? Did you go to the alleged racist in your midst and take witnesses as the Bible calls for? Bet you didn’t. You pushing your own white guilt ain’t going to fly comrade pastor person.


26 posted on 06/26/2020 10:01:03 AM PDT by sarge83
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To: knighthawk

Human Lives Matter, except at Planned Parenthood.

A Donation was made to the Human Fund in your name.


27 posted on 06/26/2020 10:03:36 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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To: knighthawk

28 posted on 06/26/2020 10:24:50 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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29 posted on 06/26/2020 10:24:50 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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To: knighthawk

Good for the members of the church. Racists like that pastor should be kicked out.

JoMa


30 posted on 06/26/2020 10:26:59 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks.)
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To: vpintheak

Yep. I have known, but never wasted time in their church, a few such “pastors.” Praise God for true, Bible-believing churches that won’t tolerate these wolves in sheep’s clothing.


31 posted on 06/26/2020 10:27:31 AM PDT by AmericanMermaid
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To: knighthawk

Of course, he is unable to articulate why his approach offends the very peo0le he had no problem with receiving their money.


32 posted on 06/26/2020 10:54:11 AM PDT by BRL
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To: QBFimi

“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” - Gilbert K. Chesterton

Oh, and God is extremely intolerant. That’s why there is a hell.


33 posted on 06/26/2020 1:48:42 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX ("Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy." - Franz Kafka)
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To: knighthawk

Was he supporting the idea of “black lives matter”, or the idea of “Black Lives Matter” in capital letters? Those are two very different things. The latter is completely at odds with Christian teaching - eliminating the 2 parent family as a matter of policy and having children raised on communes without a sense of real family? The radical LGBTQIA agenda? Marxism?


34 posted on 06/26/2020 2:23:30 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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