I'm reading the Chairman of the Board's deposition. It's really long, so I know no one would want to read it... but in any case, what I can't help but note is this:
1. She was appointed president of the board upon Apostle's death. She was asked something about how much she knew about serving in this position, and she said "I'm learning."
2. Much later, when asked what her personal problem is with Joel Peebles' pastoring, she named 3 things: he needs more mentoring, more training and more organization. (Now this is the man who served under his parents for 30+ years, and was the assistant pastor to his mother). She went on to elaborate on the "organization" piece, saying that she doesn't like all the walking that is done in the pulpit (it appears she was referring to the armorbearers), and that he jokes around too much.
She was given ample opportunity to add more, but she insisted that those are her only problems with him.
3. I'm on the part now where they're talking about filing taxes and whether the offering has decreased since Apostle's passing. This woman testified under oath that she has never seen a financial report of the offerings so she has no idea what they bring in on average each week or month, and that she doesn't know and has never signed any tax filings. This is the chairlady of the board. She doesn't know any of the board members' salaries (mind you, 3 of them are salaried employees of the church - clearly a conflict of interest). Is not aware of any employee evaluation or compensation policies... she basically doesn't know anything about this church at all...
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Also, I read a couple of letters she wrote to Joel, I guess as a reprimand. One of them chastised him for referring to himself as Pastor Joel Peebles on a flyer, when the board has not named him pastor, reminding him that he is the assistant pastor. The letter also corrected him for referring to the church as City of Praise, not Jericho City of Praise.
**JESUS FACEPALM**
