103 year old Georgia woman banned from her church

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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