According to bylaws....

     I didn't know about the situation at church until last Wednesday.  Apparently, the Cochran's were passing out literature at church on Easter Sunday, to some of the other members. They asked them not to read the letters until they got home (the letter is posted on the fundamental forum and the action jax news comments section).  Somebody gave their letter to Preacher and a big yelling match was started in the parking lot.  I personally did not see it, but they same story keeps getting repeated, so I'm pretty sure that's how it went down.  So, one of the girls from the video confronted Preacher and said he lied to her.  I was told she had heard about the tape about a year and a half ago, but preacher said that no such tape existed. Now action jax news is reporting that there is an investigation and that there is a tape.

    Nobody is talking about it, Wednesday came and he just talked about members leaving.  He didn't mention the tape or any names.  Now, I don’t know what the deal is, I've never seen a tape, but the Bible says that the pulpit is to be blameless.  If Bro. Greg did do this, then he has no business being a pastor.  I hope and pray it's not true.  I love him very much and he's always been good to me.  Unfortunately, he's not perfect-he's a sinner saved by grace, just like the rest of us.  This tape was supposedly recorded 10 years ago.  He may very well be a changed man, but that doesn't mean that there are no consequences for his actions. 

     The biggest problem I have is the cover up.  According to our bylaws:

C. Discipline. Discipline is that procedure including Christian teaching, training, admonition

and rebuke, both private and public, with the view to helping the individual grow in grace,

mature in the individual faith, break off from worldliness and live wholly for the Lord. At such

time that a member shall refuse to receive such help it will be necessary for the church to

exclude him from the membership.

Section 1. Differences between individuals or sins not generally known, the

wronged party shall follow Matt. 18:15-17. A person bringing a matter into the

public or before the church before following this scripture shall be subject to

rebuke.

Section 2. Matters of formal accusation shall be:

1. Public sins or sins known by the church or the general public.

2. Holding and persistently propagating false doctrine.

3. Any failure to abide by the church covenant; such as failure to

attend the three weekly services without reasonable excuse,

failure to contribute to the church, failure to be reconciled to

another member, etc.

Section 3. Charges must be made in writing, Signed and presented to the

church clerk. The church clerk shall give at least one week's notice in writing,

with charges stated, to the accused member to appear at a designated meeting

for a hearing. If the accused member fails to appear, the church may proceed.

The accused may call to his aid another church member to speak for him.

Section 4. A member formally accused is automatically released from any office

or position, cannot speak at business meetings except at the hearing, and is

deprived of his right of vote. 

The issue has been brought up and nobody on staff is dealing with it-we're not even allowed to talk about it.  Berean Baptist Church is supposed to be a BIBLE BELIEVING Baptist church.  We're not even following the scriptures!  That's a problem.  People are too scared to bring it up! 

MEMBERS! Please join this blog! Spread the word!  You can speak freely and do it without anybody knowing who you are!  I know people are waiting for school to be over, so that they can take their kids and leave, but that doesn't fix the problem!  We've got to grow in numbers so that we can confront the issues and bring them to light!