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Memoriams
Local
‘Sister Constance,’ 92, Returns To ALLAH
Sister Constance “Hor- ton” Muhammad, AKA, Sister Constance, 92, re- cently returned to ALLAH, surrounded by family and close friends.
Pastor Under Fire For
National
IN MEMORY OF
Family
CHARNETA (BEANIE) SCOTT 9-14-1972 — 11-20-2017
Neighbor
JEROME (JIMBO) JOHNSON 3-3-1953 — 11-20-2017
God chose you both on the day for a reason, to walk around heaven together.
We miss you, but got you. Love always, the Families.
Kicking Cross-Dressing
Male Member Out Of
Church Service
PASTOR ANTONIO ROCQUEMORE
Pastor Antonio Roc- quemore of Power House International Ministries is speaking out about the inci- dent after advocates of the LGBTQ came for his head.
In response, Rocque- more said the male member had been repeatedly warned that he would not be allowed to dress like a female during service.
As reported by christian- post.com, a clip showing Rocquemore rebuking the church member was first highlighted by Christian James Lhuillier.
“Some of y’all are going to have to excuse my language but I am tired of this sh*t. In a place that is supposed to be a place of change, a place of deliverance, whatever you want to call it why would you destroy someone in front of a room full of people?” Lhuil- lier asked.
“This is the kind of bullsh*t that causes people to go home and commit suicide. Sh*t like this is the reason that the church has no power in 2018 because they are so worried about the wrong things. I know drag queens and transsexuals that can pray you out of sickness faster than some of these preachers that collect your love offer- ings every Sunday,” he con- tinued.
In the complete recording of the service on the church’s Facebook page, Rocque-
more warns his members to guard their minds before call- ing out the drag queen.
“Can you leave my church and go put on man clothes?” he asked firmly.
“And don’t come here like that no more,” he continued as someone can be heard in the video declaring “thank you Jesus!”
“I hold a standard in here. Whatever you do on the out- side is your business, but I will not let drag queens come in here. And if you’re gonna come in here you’re gonna come in here dressed like a man .... If you’re a man, dress like a man. If you’re a woman, dress like a woman. I’m not going to allow it. My salvation is more important and God is holding me accountable,” he added. “... you will not be wearing weaves and heels and fooling people up in here.”
In a follow-up response to the criticism, the pastor ex- plained that the young man has been a church member for several months and had expressed a desire to embrace his manhood. He said the church had also been working privately with him and warned him several times that he couldn’t “dress like a female” during worship, the report states.
“He was not put out the church because he was gay. First of all I don’t bash noth- ing. I don’t separate sin. Sin is sin. There is no need to bash one or the other if you’re preaching the word,” Roc- quemore said.
“... When you join my church, all the rules and regu- lations is told to you then. If you ever slip up [on the rules] we would still take you pri- vately and go over them again. This particular situa- tion, this young man was told several times in private. I went to him personally my- self,” the pastor said.
IN MEMORY OF
DEACON EDMUND J. LASING
June 4, 1926 — November 22, 2016
It’s been two years ago, but it seems like yesterday since you went away.
If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I’d walk right up to Heaven and bring you home again.
We love and miss you dearly. Your children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, other fam- ily members and First Baptist Church of College Hill Family.
DEATH LISTING
AIKENS FUNERAL HOME
Ada Garmon, Grand Rapids, Michigan Mr. Kevin C. Lewis, Tampa
Mr. Carlton McLeod, Tampa
GUDES FUNERAL HOME
Mr. Shannon J. Dennis, Jr., Tampa Mrs. Barbara Muncy, Tampa Mr. James Sams, Jr., Tampa
HARMON FUNERAL HOME Mr. Alvin Dillon, Tampa
Ms. Francis-Lind Rivera, Tampa Mrs. Elizabeth Woodard, Tampa
WILSON FUNERAL HOME Mr. Henry L. Philon, Tampa Mr. Johnny L. Rollins, Tampa Ms. Dorothy Singleton, Tampa
RAY WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME Ms. Zoretha Blanding, Tampa Ms. Mary Fortson, Tampa
Mr. Winda Redmond, Tampa
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