Most life-long parishioners are usually always welcome at their church, however, one Georgia woman who has attended the same church for 92 years was recently banned by her pastor of six years.
The 103-year-old woman named Genora Hamm Biggs told ABC News that she and her pastor Rev. Timothy Mattox disagree on his preaching style and because of that he banned her from attending services.
Hamm Biggs said that she received a letter stating that she could not go back to the church or even be on the property.
"This letter is to inform you that according to the By-Laws of the Union Grove Baptist Church, and by vote of the active members, any membership or associations that you have had with this church are now officially revoked," the letter read.
She has been a member of the church for over nine decades and decided she would go to mass anyway, but when she did Rev. Mattox called the police on her. The cops said that the pastor could not prevent parishioners from showing up for service.
FOX 5 noted that some former parishioners have said that they willingly left the church because of how Rev. Mattox conducts services. For Hamm Biggs, though, the church is the only one she has ever known and she plans to attend services there again.
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