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Rev tells flockto avoidBy BILL ALNORDaily Times Staff WriterCONCORD — With uniformed guards stationed both inside and outside during services Sunday, the Rev. Frederick Drummond returned to the Church of Our Saviour, denounced his recent critics and announced a new plan of action to the faithful.Drummond also expelled several assistant pastors on Sunday and warned his congregation not to talk to “flakes,” several witnesses to the worship service said.“It was kind of like a pep rally,” said one man who attended the service.The last Sunday morning service Drummond preached prior to Sunday was on Sept 21. Then he left, reportedly for South Africa to attend the funeral of a brother, sparking speculation among former and current members of the church that Drummond might not be back.While Drummond was gone, a handful of church members began to question Drummond’s dominating role at the church and planned to confront the pastor when he returned, sources said. None of those who were allegedly among the group of assistant pastors involved could be reached for comment But sources close to the church said they were going to confront him about church finances and his domination of members private lives, with the possible intent of asking Drummond to step down from the pastorate.flakes'Among them were several men who moved to the Concord ville area from the 11,000-member Church on the Rock near Dallas, Texas. But when Drummond returned last week he allegedly got wind of the upcoming confrontation and ordered the men expelled from the congregation, according to sources close to the church.At the Sunday worship service, witnesses said, he told his congregation not to have anything to do with those “Bible-belt primadonnas” because they’re “not worth the spit in the bucket at the mid of a (boxing) round.”He also added that he has an Inclination to fatten their lips,” witnesses said.Drummond at one point alluded to the potential confrontation with members of his staff by saying to his congregation that “you don’t talk about my sins and I wont talk about yours,” they said.Hie South African born minister also promoted some members who remained loyal in his absence to leadership roles, and he ordained a long-time member of the church as a “minister” during the service. At one point during the service six men joined Drummond near the pulpit and he instructed his flock, *These are the guys to go to* for advice and spiritual correction — no one else.Drummond did not return a phone call yesterday to discuss the expulsions of the assistants.Sources close to the church — including those who discussed Sunday’s sermon — say Drummond and other church leaders’REV. FREDERICK DRUMMONDmessages have been becoming increasingly erratic as he has become increasingly controversial and his congregation has dwindled. Just before his two-month disappearance, Drummond reportedly preached a sermon that poked fun at Jewish people and made reference to the noses of Jews. He then dedared that he didn’t think anyone in his congregation should be working for a Jew because Christians should have all the money, not Jews.In the same sermon, tape recorded on August 24 at the Adams Mark Hotel in Philadelphia, Drummond told members of his congregation that they would “go to hell” if they didn’t “tithe” to the church and obey church leaders. Drummond suggested a 20 percent tithe of all members’ income.
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Delaware County Daily Times
Chester, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Nov 19, 1986
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