Woman Arrested In Bible Thumping Of Baptist Pastor

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Woman Arrested In Bible Thumping Of Baptist Pastor

JULY 5--A 64-year-old woman is facing an assault charge after allegedly striking a pastor in the head with a Bible during a dispute inside a Baptist church in Tennessee.

Cops busted Ina Garrett for the alleged Bible thumping of Rev. Leon Taylor, who heads the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Selmer (pop. 4396), a city 100 miles east of Memphis.

Garrett, pictured above, was scheduled to appear today in General Sessions Court in connection with the misdemeanor criminal count.

According to a court complaint, McNairy County Sheriff’s Department deputies were summoned to the church in late-May to deal with a “lady that was unwanted.” Taylor told investigators that Garrett had been voted out of the church.

During the church confrontation, “Ms. Garrett took her Bible and threw it at Mr. Taylor hitting him in the face.” Taylor then took a swing at Garrett, but did not make contact.

After a brief detour to a local hospital, Garrett was transported by a sheriff’s deputy to the county jail, where she was charged with “assault on the preacher Mr. Taylor.” In a TV interview, Garrett copped to striking Taylor in the head. “He’s got the demon in him,” she explained.

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MEMPHIS, TN - (WMC-TV) – A woman is accused of using God's word as a weapon against her pastor in their Mid-South church.

A 63-year-old church member used a Bible to hit the pastor in the head after he told her and other members to leave or he would call the Sheriff.

"He's got the demon in him," Ina Garrett said.

Ina Garrett, a life-long member of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Selmer, decided to knock that demon out of pastor Leon Taylor.

"One of the older church members came up and struck the pastor with a Bible," McNairy County Sheriff Guy Buck said.

"I hit him in the head," Garrett admitted.

The sheriff arrested 63-year-old Ina Garrett and charged her with assault.

The pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church showed us a photo of welts on the side of his head.

"Evil is evil," Pastor Leon Taylor said. "You understand what I'm saying, and bullying is bullying and that's what they have done."

There is a rift among church members at Mount Zion. The members chose Pastor Taylor to lead the church a year ago.

Deacon Robert Shumpert, Ina Garrett and other members say they decided they did not like Taylor and wanted him out of the 30 member church. The pastor says the church members who wanted him out were disruptive.

"The next Sunday we went right back and the door was locked," church member Ann Prather said.

Taylor showed us video of him telling the church he is tired of it, as Ina Garrett yells from the church.

"Would you leave, would you leave? Would you leave! Call the Sheriff, call the sheriff! You're trying to put us out. You're out. What is it about out you don't understand?" she yelled.

Sheriff Buck showed up and tried to talk with the unhappy church members. And sometime after that Buck says Ina Garrett hit the pastor with the Bible. The sheriff escorted the disruptive members out and arrested Garrett.

"Have you ever heard of anything like that before? I have never in my life," Sheriff Buck said.

The unhappy church members, some who have been members for 65 years, will likely have to take the pastor to court. He says he is not planning to leave. We'll keep you updated on what happens.

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well this is one way to pack the pews

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Hold the presses - I feel a pun coming on...

Puts a whole new meaning on the expression "bible basher"

Correct American English would have been "dat him got de devil in he fo sho " but nevertheless I understand the sentiment

He should be grateful she wasn't a real baptist or she would have crowned him the stone font !

That will teach him not to increase the minimum tithe for the gullible to 25%

Ouch !

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well this is one way to pack the pews

Reminds me of a news story some years ago where a pastor paid some folks I believe around $8.00 an hour to attend church.