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why wasn’t the daughter suing more involved? It seems like she left the care to one sister.
Sadly I know this happens alot when one child does all the caretaking and after the parents death the other sibling nitpicks that care never being fully involved.

Not taking care of the widow is a shame. It seems like greed has played a part in the church’s board decision but having a will could have prevented this.

This is unfortunate. From what I know the last thing Chuck Smith would want to see is a fight over his church.

Unlike a lot of pastors of mega-churches he never intended to create one. It was a case of being in the right place at the right time.

When Pastor Chuck Smith passed away last year, few expected a family feud.

Some of us had expected it...

"When an organization as large and powerful as Calvary Chapel is utterly devoid of checks and balances or doctrinal, financial, and moral accountability, the results will not be surprising: abuse, power-struggles, and the oft-unspoken fear of raising even the smallest objection to the whims of the powers that be."
-- Jason Spellman, former Calvary Chapel pastor, in Calvary Chapel and the Calvinists

"...the Calvary Distinctives [link now broken] are a whole lot different than the Westminster Confession. Anyone who reads the Calvary document should be troubled that Chuck Smith makes no reference to God as a Trinity, or to the Deity of Jesus Christ. You can believe in almost anything so long as you behave in the right way."
-- Alex Murphy, October 9, 2009

Nobody had called 911 until my nephew finally stepped in and did it. The nurse wouldn't do it and told him not to call 911," said Manderson.

Was he under hospice care at that point? Sounds like he might have been. At some point you have to decide whether to let an 86 year old with cancer die peacefully at home, or keep dragging him to the hospital to prolong the suffering.

As to the property issues - what do the legal documents say? What were the terms of the annuity contract?

man, CC has had a lot of issues lately... Bob Coy, this, and others.

That being said CC has a lot of good pastors, and I think God is gathering the last of His believers.

News like this will strengthen a true believers faith.