Post New Article

Protest First Baptist of Hammond Accuse
Church of Abuse Coverups

Original Article

Posted By: jane1234567, 2/27/2024 4:38:02 PM

At First Baptist of Hammond, protesters are demanding transparency from the current pastor and a move to formally denounce past leaders. Rumblings and lawsuits against the Hammond location, the largest in the nation, began as far back as the 1990s. The allegations of verbal and sexual abuse are resurfacing since the release of Investigation Discovery's docuseries, "Let Us Prey: A Ministry of Scandals." The program features the stories of people like April Avila.

Post Reply

Reminder: “WE ARE A SALON AND NOT A SALOON”

Your thoughts, comments, and ideas are always welcome here. But we ask you to please be mindful and respectful. Threatening or crude language doesn't persuade anybody and makes the conversation less enjoyable for fellow L.Dotters.


Reply 1 - Posted by: plomke 2/27/2024 4:57:20 PM (No. 1666478)
Apparently "jane" has pastoral issues...
1 person likes this.

Reply 2 - Posted by: Flyball Dogs 2/27/2024 5:35:51 PM (No. 1666501)
#1, and stale-dated article issues.
2 people like this.

Reply 3 - Posted by: 5 handicap 2/28/2024 6:44:23 AM (No. 1666714)
Evidently #s1 and 2 believe any sin attributable to Baptist ministers should be covered up at any expense... Pretty much like the Democrat party! On the other hand I know of at least one Baptist who is not a filthy hypocrite!
0 people like this.

Below, you will find ...
Most Recent Articles posted by "jane1234567"
and
Most Active Articles (last 48 hours)
Most Recent Articles posted by jane1234567"
Protest First Baptist of Hammond Accuse
Church of Abuse Coverups
3 replies
Posted by jane1234567 2/27/2024 4:38:02 PM Post Reply
At First Baptist of Hammond, protesters are demanding transparency from the current pastor and a move to formally denounce past leaders. Rumblings and lawsuits against the Hammond location, the largest in the nation, began as far back as the 1990s. The allegations of verbal and sexual abuse are resurfacing since the release of Investigation Discovery's docuseries, "Let Us Prey: A Ministry of Scandals." The program features the stories of people like April Avila.
Dozens accuse Baptist church of abuse coverups 7 replies
Posted by jane1234567 2/27/2024 6:18:50 AM Post Reply
A 2018 Investigation from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram shed light on more than 400 allegations of abuse across 160 churches. At First Baptist of Hammond, protesters are demanding transparency from the current pastor and a move to formally denounce past leaders. Scripps News reached out to the First Baptist of Hammond. They didn't reply to our request for an interview but did send us a statement saying:
Church Deacon admits to preying on child
gets 1.5 years in jail
4 replies
Posted by jane1234567 2/27/2024 6:15:06 AM Post Reply
man was sentenced to 1 1/2 years in prison
Most Active Articles (last 48 hours)
McConnell will step down as the Senate
Republican leader
28 replies
Posted by plomke 2/28/2024 12:36:25 PM Post Reply
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader in history who maintained his power in the face of dramatic convulsions in the Republican Party for almost two decades, will step down from that position in November. McConnell, who turned 82 last week, was set to announce his decision Wednesday in the well of the Senate, a place where he looked in awe from its back benches in 1985 when he arrived and where he grew increasingly comfortable in the front row seat afforded the party lea
Mitch McConnell, 82, to STEP DOWN as Republican
Senate leader after serving for almost
20 years
27 replies
Posted by Imright 2/28/2024 1:44:17 PM Post Reply
A tearful Mitch McConnell has announced he will be stepping down as the longest-serving Senate leader in history and admitted 'father time remains undefeated.' The Republican senator, who turned 82 last week, choked up on the Senate floor as he revealed he will leave the position he's served in for almost 18 years in November after a 'painful time' that included the death of his sister-in-law. McConnell has battled constant calls to step down in recent months over his support for sending more aid to Ukraine and is the last member of the Republican leadership not to have endorsed Donald Trump's 2024 presidential bid.
Denver Government May Furlough American
Staff To Put Illegals On Its Payroll
24 replies
Posted by Dreadnought 2/28/2024 1:57:01 PM Post Reply
As Denver faces a budget crisis due to 40,000 illegal immigrants arriving in the last year, the city is warning hourly workers that they may be furloughed, while also considering hiring illegal immigrants to work for the city, The Daily Wire has learned. A spokeswoman for Denver mayor Mike Johnston told The Daily Wire that the budget crisis was caused by illegal immigrants being unable to work, causing them to be a drain on taxpayer dollars. The idea was to solve that by having them work directly for the city, she said. She said that a full-time salary funded by taxpayers was “not necessarily” more costly than social services.
Biden’s doctor says there are no new
concerns with the president’s health
and he remains fit to serve
22 replies
Posted by Dreadnought 2/28/2024 7:34:56 PM Post Reply
Washington — President Joe Biden is fit for duty, his doctor reported Wednesday following the president’s annual physical, in what is expected to be the last update on Biden’s health before November’s election. Dr. Kevin O’Connor said in a memo there are “no new concerns” with the president’s health revealed by this year’s physical. The White House said earlier Wednesday that no cognitive test was administered as O’Connor did not find it necessary. “The President feels well and this year’s physical identified no new concerns. He continues to be fit for duty and fully executes all of his responsibilities without any exemptions or accommodations,” O’Connor wrote.
Jewish Students Threatened and Assaulted
at UC Berkeley Speech by IDF Soldier –
Jews Forced to Evacuate Building Through Tunnels
17 replies
Posted by Imright 2/28/2024 4:37:14 AM Post Reply
Pro-Palestinian goons threatened and assaulted Jewish students at UC Berkeley during their campus speaking event, “Israel at War” at the far left school. The violent pro-Palestinian mob pounded on doors, assaulted Jewish students, broke glass windows, and forced the Jewish students to flee through tunnels for their own safety. The Jewish students were forced to flee the building through a campus tunnel to escape the violent leftist mob.
Illinois judge rules Trump should be removed
from Republican primary ballot over Jan.
6 riot
16 replies
Posted by Dreadnought 2/28/2024 8:04:39 PM Post Reply
An Illinois judge ruled Wednesday that former President Donald Trump should be taken off of the state's ballot for the primary election, citing the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The decision came from the Circuit Court of Cook County, and the judge put the order on pause in anticipation of an appeal. The ruling said that "based on engaging in insurrection on January 6, 2021...his name should be removed from the ballot." NBC News has reached out to the Trump campaign for comment. The Illinois GOP primary takes place March 19. The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments regarding a similar Colorado ruling that said Trump should be removed
Biden Announces Unannounced Hospital Visit
Because He's Fine and Nothing Makes Sense Anymore
16 replies
Posted by Hazymac 2/28/2024 12:45:13 PM Post Reply
It's officially unofficial that Presidentish Joe Biden will make an unannounced visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center now that the announcement has been made by the White House. Literally every lead sentence I write at the top of a story about Biden is more absurd than the previous one — and we still have at least 10 more months of this nonsense to go. Some — such as yours truly and the not-awful members of the White House Press Corpse [sic] (and I'm looking at you, Peter Doocy) — are more concerned with the alleged president's cognitive health than we are about his physical health.
‘Abuse of Public Power’: AOC Defends
Hunter Biden Against Probe
15 replies
Posted by Imright 2/28/2024 3:47:58 PM Post Reply
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) defended Hunter Biden while he was behind closed doors testifying before the House impeachment inquiry on Wednesday. Ocasio-Cortez’s defense of Hunter highlights her change in political disposition from a once lefty populist turned establishment protectorate of the Bidens. “What we just witnessed over the last hour was, I think, a deep sea fishing expedition,” the Democrat congresswoman alleged. “The Republican case has completely fallen apart over the last several weeks.” Hunter is a material witness in the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, who denied involvement in the Biden business at least nine times.
The obvious reason behind Trump’s undying
political strength is somehow still dumbfounding
ignorant Big Media elites
15 replies
Posted by Imright 2/28/2024 5:04:36 AM Post Reply
It is not my habit to read Paul Krugman’s screeds, much less recommend them, but every dog has its day. And Krugman’s latest piece commands attention because of what he inadvertently reveals about elite ignorance. Under the headline “The Mystery of White Rural Rage,” the New York Times columnist approvingly cites a book that details the decline of rural America. Spoiler alert, technology gets the blame. But Krugman, an economist, quickly adds, “I still don’t get the politics” of rural Americans, and later writes “I still find it hard to understand” recent voting patterns.
White House: President Biden ‘Passes
a Cognitive Test Every Day’
13 replies
Posted by Imright 2/28/2024 11:10:37 PM Post Reply
President Joe Biden “passes a cognitive test every day” due to the rigors of the job, said White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Wednesday, as she attempted to fend off reporters’ questions about Biden’s mental fitness. Jean-Pierre presided over a White House press briefing just hours after the president returned from his annual physical. She said that a cognitive test was not part of the annual checkup, despite concerns about Biden’s acuity.“If you look at what this president — he passes a cognitive test every day, every day, as he moves from one topic to another topic, understanding the granular level of these topics …
NY Attorney General Letitia James Gloats
over Fining Trump $354.8M
13 replies
Posted by Dreadnought 2/28/2024 12:11:46 AM Post Reply
New York Attorney General Letitia James, who ran for office vowing to take down former President Donald Trump, has been gloating on X about the $354.8 million fine imposed on him since she won against him in a county court two weeks ago. Trump is planning to appeal the judgment in the civil fraud case, which accused him of inflating his net worth to get favorable bank loans, which he paid back. However, Trump must first pay the $354.8 million fine ordered by Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron before he can appeal. He is also being charged interest that is expected to reach $100 million. James has been posting
Bud Light's Super Bowl Hail Mary Was a
Massive Flop, New Data Shows
11 replies
Posted by Dreadnought 2/28/2024 8:32:05 PM Post Reply
As anyone even halfway aware of Bud Light’s financial woes since putting Dylan Mulvaney on one their cans predicted, their attempt to reclaim their domination of the beer market via funny Super Bowl ads did not have the intended result. If anything, it was a waste of a $7 million plus brand rehabilitation effort. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that, despite the astronomical amounts of money Anheuser-Busch expended on the prime ad space of the Super Bowl, the company’s attempt to boost their flagging sales “barely moved the needle.”
Post New Article