City of Shame because ANY church set up as a business is doomed to fail. Apparently, 1 Corinthians 6:1-8 is not in their bibles.

Background:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/jericho-city-of-praise-leaders-file-dueling-lawsuits-over-control-of-md-megachurch/2011/07/07/gIQAQtt65H_story.html

And the ruling handed down a day or two ago by a judge:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/court-rules-against-jericho-city-of-praise-pastor-in-fight-for-control-of-ministry/2011/10/24/gIQA3piqDM_story.html

Several observations about this mess in:

1. Women pastor (his momma). 1 Tim. 2:11-14, 3 and Titus 1 violation.

2. No one ‘inherits’ a ministry. 1 Tim. 3, Titus 1 set out the qualifications for elder.

3. There is no ‘board of directors’ in scripture. In scripture, churches are run by the elders (pastors/bishops). Not a ‘singular’ pastor with some assistant pastors. Not the deacons (the lower cannot rule over the upper).

4. Fighting in church over the collection plate during a service.

May God shut down all of these 1 Tim. 4:3 houses of entertainment masquerading as churches.