The last few weeks we do receive more messages of
elderly people not liked any-more to be partakers of the service in certain
churches.
On Aug. 2, 2015 Genora Hamm Biggs, a 103-year-old woman who has been a member of the Union Grove
Baptist Church since she was 11 years old received a letter on Aug. 2, 2015, which was signed by Pastor Tim
Mattox, Deacon Glen Jackson and nine other church officials. It stated
that she could not attend the church and
“any membership or associations
that you have had with this church are now officially revoked.”
Further, she may not attend the church “for any reason what so ever.”
You may wonder how it can be that a community which calls itself
Christian does not want somebody to come to their service or mass. But in the
United States many churches only like those people who are willing to contribute enough money to their association.
Unbelievable it is when somebody calls for the police when the lady turned up to pray. The responding officer did not arrest Biggs or take any other action,
deeming the issue a civil matter. When the police refused to remove
Biggs, Mattox decided to take matters in his own hands. This so called
man of God stopped
church service, dismissed the congregation and turned
off the lights in the sanctuary, leaving the elderly woman sitting
alone in the dark sanctuary.
In addition to banning Biggs, the church also banned her grandson Eliott
Dye, a 30-year member of the church and
ordained minister, and church
member Kevin Hamm. Hamm stated,
“To disrespect a pillar and a mother of
the church… How can we sit back and watch something like this go
forward?”
Genora Hamm Bigg is a retired schoolteacher and has taught many of the residents of
Elberton. The news of her removal from the church upset many in the
town including
police chief Mark Welsh who called Biggs a “well-revered
person” and stated,
“We’re not going over there and throwing a
103-year-old lady out of her church.” Church officials have refused to
comment on the matter.