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iSecret’ MeetingCalled To VotePulpit Vacant/Members of (lie GethsemaneBaptist Church, in “secretI meeting Monday night votedto declare the pulpit vacant. ! From unimpeachable sources,the Call Post learned that'after lively balloting, a clear majority of members filling the church auditorium, voted►to end the pastorate of Rev.GlySii*, Settle, f y *-■;The internationally famous director of “Wings Over Jordan was out of the city on tour with his celebrated choir at the time of the action, but was expected back in Cleveland this week to answer theIn making their decision to vacate the pulpit, the members of the church anticipated that their pastor would make a spirited defense of charges that he had neglected his congregation to devote his time to his famous choir. Rev. Settle recently returned to his charge after a leave of absence granted by the church to permit him to accompany his choir on a Europeon tour for USO.Efforts to determine specific charges filed against the pastor, were unsuccessful: officers andmembers of the church maintaining close silence in the matter, with p. few grudgingly admitting that the ouster vote had been tak-n at fVsptwi*! meeting*’► Tcmf cmf etnfw ‘ rv **• - ■’
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Call and Post
Cleveland, Ohio, US
Sat, Apr 13, 1946
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