The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1949-05-21

to court action against Rev. Mr..
Thomas and the revocation OF
his drivers license. Being a mem
lister and pastor of this church.
this kind Of attitude and conduct
is contrary to Christian princi-
Piles. All of this could have been
settled by just paying a sum OF
less than $4,000 Zone hundred
dollars) OF which amount Rev
Thomas was certainly able TO
pay and justifiably so.
IL. We have also found upon the
Pastors statement from him, that
he does not have in his possess
ion, credentials such as ordina-
ton papers and license to preach.
We have made casual request
that he get them. This he has
not done unless he has them in
his possession now. This has
created suspicion on the part OF
the deacons and some Of the mem
bers that he has never been au-
thorized BY proper authorities n
be bearer OF the good news and
glad tidings. OF the Gospel.
All of the foregoing charges.
eleven OF them. are known by
some Of you in part and others
OF YOU in full.
The incident that took place
few weeks ago. of course. is
report from without This is re-
garding the report Of his connec-
ton with place ~ i'll repute and
his being known in this place as
Tommy" upon his own admis-
sion.
We have a right TO act upon
them because the scripture say,
one OF the qualifications of the
minister is that he must have a
good report of them which are
without We interpret this 10
mean that people who are not
connected with the congregation
must view the conduct OF the
pastor so they can make good
report OF him. This most certain
~ has not been done. We have
any number of people in the con-
gregation right now who can
testify TO the kind OF report that
Rev. Thomas received from with
out. This has, as the Lord knew
il would. affected the minds Of
the church members. which max
es them feel unsafe with lead
er Of this kind.
There are many other detailed
things that might be brought out.
concerning Rev. Thomas. but we
feel these represent enough Of
the facts for us TO take action in
approving the recommendation TO
relieve Rev. Thomas OF the posi-
ton Of pastor OF the Calvary Bap-
tIst Church.
II YOU see as VIC do. II you see
as we hope you will; il you do as
we request you TO do. you will
uphold the recommendation OF 90
NINETY percent) Of your deacons
board, who feel as though we
are surely under heaven. looking
out for the interest OF the church.
We rest our case al TINS point
and il is in your hands as 4
church. The responsibility is no
longer ours as officers. All OF
this has been given our prayer
full consideration after which our
conclusion represents what we
have recommended. Thanking
YOU for your patience and CO.
operation. we are.
Your Board Of Deacons
While these charges are all
true. and can be proven by Dea-
cons and members at the same
time. IL tho members vote 10 re-
tain Rev. Thomas. the officers arc
willing 10 abide by the vote Of
the Church.
The meeting Of the church has
been indefinitely postponed and
will he called when the Board
decide IL is reasonable. The Cal
vary Baptist Church is lncorpor-
ated and has over 1900 registered
members on roll This statement
has been prepared for the church
meeting as is here published