Pastor Rodney Wills was almost 4 years old at Mt. Salem
Baptist Church carrying out pastoral activities when he was sacked.
He is the youngest pastor in the church at 26 years old and
is now the shortest term pastor in Mt. Salem’s 109 year history. On Saturday,
Mt. Salem voted him out for attending a local Rick Ross concert. With a vote of
11 to 3, the 14 deacons met at 11pm Saturday night to discuss and come to a
conclusion that they did not need his services anymore. Rev. Wills arrived to
the church the next day for Sunday morning worship service and notice his
parking sign taken down and his name removed from the office door.
The deacons even asked another minister from the community
to officiate the service that morning. “We cannot have our leader supporting
people of this world who are tearing down the kingdom of God.” Deacon Miles
Langley said
According to Deacon Langley, this is not the first time Rev.
Wills has attended a concert while pastoring Mt. Salem. 9 months ago, the
diaconate board met with Rev. Wills when word was given to them that many youth
and young adults spotted the pastor at a Lil Wayne concert.
“We know that many saints will have mixed opinions from our
actions, but this is not how we do things here at Mt. Salem. We cannot have a
pastor praising the world one minute then praising the Lord the next. Period”
said Deacon Langley.
Rick Ross recently made nationwide news when he was dropped
from Reebok and other endorsements for lyrics advocating rape towards women.
”Put Molly all in her Champagne/ She ain’t even know it/ I took her home and I
enjoyed that/ She ain’t even know it,” he raps on the track.
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