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Pastor Refused 93-Year-Old Member’s Funeral For Insufficient Tithes
A Houston pastor has refused to host the funeral of an elderly 50 year member of his church. Although Olivia Blair was a long-time member, Pastor Walter F. Houston said the sickly woman was not caught up on her dues. Tyrone Jacques of PimpPreacher.com offered to pay for the funeral and to have it on a day the church would already be closed, but the pastor refused to back down from his position.
Barbara Day, Blair’s daughter, said she was devastated after finding she had to shop around for a place to hold her mother’s funeral service. She felt insulted after the manner Houston treated her when she reached out to him. The pastor stated Blair had not attended the Fourth Missionary Baptist Church in recent years and had not paid her dues. Day said they knew her mother was ill, but they did not care. All they were concerned about was getting money. She explained the painful experience as follows:
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