Reply #10: It used to be a regular old Baptist church

[underpants]

from what I am told

but the preacher, a fixture of life in the community, quit due to someone following him around with a video recorder. This was back in the 90's so we are talking about big shoulder mounted technology.

Since then they have been searching for a preacher. The hotshot blew his big chance. This is a big (and I mean BIG church) in the of a western Virginia city-the congregation were mostly railroad folks - new deal- and some who switched during the civil rights era but mostly straight forward "church goin' folks"

I got along quite well with everyone I met.

They are grasping for membership at least that is what it appears to an outsider looking in. Last year the first half of the sermon was a counter argument to the resurrection non-believers. Typical attack the messenger (imagined threat) stuff.