REV. RICHARD THOMPSON
Journey through the Bible participant (pictured above I-r) Carol Thompson,
Comer Broughton, Anni Broughton, Olla Au tin, Earlie Butler, Shawn Hunley,
Laverne Hunley. AI 0, Omega Eva ,Henry Evans, Itlewise Joshua, Sarah
Joshua, Rosebud Owe , Roberrt Owens Lonie Warfield and Jesse Warfield (I-r
seated) B,arbara Walton, �yrtle Toliver, Clara Pitts, Bernadette Reese, Linda
lac church
wan ou 'of United
etho i t Church
By LESLIE LLOYD
Assoclllted'Press
unday i a time of rest and prai e, and
for five eneran ns f Bl ck Iarnili In hi East Tenn ee community,
it' en pent ar Bewl t Chapel Church.
ow ill) rcrnainin lR m m want out of the United Methodi t
Church and th y want t k P the church with them. Th denomination
has. 1I ed to keep the property It ay It owns.
"We d kn v h t fight for what we want and we want thi church,",
.ay Janice Ja . on, a trui t of the church in Hambl n County, north of
Knoxv 1IIe,
"Wc'r fightin �. r our property and our hent e." ays CD. Jacks n,
aJ 0 a tru te .
A.J I G EllA TOLD Bewley'. and the denomination to ind a way
to ct Ie th C' e. Both sides ay they're working on it.
Members sa the UMC. \ hich ha m re than 8 million rnernbe t
wouldn't rm them,' ut it \ uld be a precedent that th church would
rath r not \ t.
Ad .nornmauon 0 icial dcmcd the char . and. ay th lIMC has tried
to help th church,
om yard ehind Bewley tand Its two outhous ,complete with
cres ent m< on each door, n elderly pari hion r h d to quit ttendmg
he church .ausc he had tr uble getting to them.
Irside th mall white church, cardboard (an it on the pews. They
ornc reli mce the uildmg h' n air nditionin.
BEWU.. 'S 'H PEL v deeded to "th col red people f
Rus cllville" 111 1872, accordm to its mem ers. Th onginal churchwa
db ut half a mile aw y from the pres nt ite. F r yea. , It was ed � a
chuich an ' h )()I
J)I..�T Chur h h n t done anything t r
IVI ." h
not applied tor
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Reese, Glady Floyd, Geneva Ford, Carol Thompson. Also, (pictured below l-r
standing) Kenny Loney, Annmarie Wright, Mose Young, Ardellar Lee, Leroy Hales,
Catherine Hares, Jurline Howard, James Floyd, Mildred Ford, Micha'el Watton,
Major Clora. Not pictured are J cquelyn Black, Cornelius Henley and Gay Gunter.
eall t S nd onnthian.
To make the journey more mean­
ingful. th tud n received map ,
chart and diagram. Pastor
Thomp on prorrus �d ea hone, i they
cam to all the se 'Ions they would
learn more about the Bible in on year
than they would in a lifetime, ,
Their presen e howed their faith
1I1 both the p t r and in the Bible,
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