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

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deacons and we finally had Ia
orinR pressure 10 collect The
money, which created enmity be-
tween him and some Of the dea-
cons. Also. during the time OF the
pressure, he advised the deacons
70 receive a post dated check 10
pay in full the S820.26 eight
Hundred Twenty Dollars and
twenty Six Cents, which was
due to the church at that time
by Rev. Thomas. This of course
IS another sign OF dishonesty on
the part of the pastor. The dea-
cons disagreed and refused To &C
cept this.
4. The pastor does not visit the
sick as he should. is not interested
IN members who die. he forgets
funerals. and caused many dis
satisfactory remarks on part OF
those who were i'll at the time his
visit was needed. The foregoing
statement, of course. can be at
tested TO by many persons of this
congregation.
5. Rev. Thomas has a habit OF
calling people ungodly lies from
the pulpit. from statements they
make in the conference when he
knows the persons are telling the
truth, as in the case OF Mr.. Char
les Barrow.
s. Rev. Thomas does not CO.
operate with the deacons board.
During his fourth anniversary.
the deacons and members did all
they possibly could to raise him
a satisfactory purse as a gift. We
met in the board al the conclusion
OF the effort 10 find we had on
hand s75779 tSeven Hundred
Fifty Seven Dollars and Seventy
Nine Cents. The committee made
an attempt TO raise thousand
dollars; and requested same Of
the board. Taking the matter into
consideration we granted the re-
quest and recommended same TO
the church. Upon presentation
Rev. Thomas felt the thousand
dollars was not enough as gift
and felt he should have 81 1900
Fifteen Hundred Dollars and
without consulting us AT all, he
proceeded over the heads Of the
deacons and got 10 the church
and snatched from the treasury
another $500 Give Hundred Dol
lars) against the judgment Of the
deacons and makes remark that
only a few OF the deacons are
raising the hell that would have
caused him 10 receive less than
81 10000 Fifteen Hundred Dol
lars).
Z. We feel that church the
magnitude of Calvary makes II
mandatory that pastors serv-
ices is a 24-hour one Rev. Thorn
as spends so much interest with
other concerns until we get about
one fifth Of his services. We do
not feel this is justice, because he
receives top salary Of the minis
tiers throughout the country. In
other words tabulated figures
would show that il costs the
church $4,000 tTen Thousand
Dollars) a year TO maintain him
as pastor.
g. The reason for shortage Of
the service rendered by Rev.
Thomas is because he is connect
ed with two Insurance Companies
as member of the Board OF
Directors: he is a permanent an
nouncer on a commercial radio
program on Sunday morning at
a time when he is most needed
in the evangclistic department OF
his church. the Sunday School.
The Board has requested time
and time again and shown by
vote that he would relinqulsh his
connection with these concerns.
which would eliminate so many
Unsatisfactory expressions by the
members Of the church. which
would greatly assist the deacons
IN keeping peace dnu dlin'itN
amongst the members.
O. We feel that the pastof Of this
church should not be spend
thrift as we have found him. Rev
Thomas. 10 be. This fault Of
Rev. Thomas does not teach econ
omv. but docs teach extravaganza
not only IN Young people. but
In old neople as well. The pastor
Rev. Thomas. claims he is al
wavs broke he is rough with his
automobile and is continuously
borrowing money from til 2
church and falls out with YOU u
YOU do not give him the amount
NJ money he thinks he ought 10
have.
10 His gross mistrcatment. ac-
cordine 10 ono of the members.
Bro Robert Green. and he is here
IN testify 10 that TONIGHT regard
inc an accident with Mr.. Green. $
car. He did not cooperate with
Mr.. Green. or the State OF Him
ois. with results that Mr. Green
could mt drive in Illinois for