103-year-old Genora Hamm Biggs has attended the
Union Grove Baptist Church in Georgia since she was 11
years old and even worked as the church's secretary for
some 40 years.
But Biggs was banned last month from attending after she
disagreed with the church's pastor over his preaching style,
Fox affiliate WAGA-TV reported.
Biggs said she disagreed with the way the pastor preached
which she characterizes as a "Holiness style" that she claims
doesn't belong in the Baptist church.
Biggs told the station that she and the current pastor of six
years, Rev. Tim Mattox, have long sparred over his
preaching style,
"At one point, he had a crew in here and they were
hollering and falling out in the middle of the floor,"
Biggs told the station. "We don't do that in the
Baptist Church."
Biggs said tensions came to a head in early August when
Mattox sent her a letter stating she could no longer attend
church there "for any reason whatsoever," the station
reported.
"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," read the letter, dated
Aug. 2.
On Sunday, police was called to the small, white church in
Elberton, Ga., after Biggs decided to attend service
anyway, according to the station. Police said there was
nothing they could do because the matter is a civil dispute
between Biggs and the church.
Biggs, meanwhile, said nothing will stop her from attending
the church.
"This is my church, I love this church, and he
cannot stop me from going," Biggs told the station.
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