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Does Texas law not require an “insurable interest”?
I have visited this church at least twice over the past few years. The people seem sincere and ardent to follow the Word of God, but something just wasn’t right with the pastor. I’m not saying that there isn’t more to this story than the anti-church side. Read these stories with the realization that the world HATES the Church with unending fury. And the press is the mouth of the world.
Keep in mind that during Ft Worth’s battle over granting sodomites everything they wanted several years ago (the sodomites “won”) Birchman parrishioners were a very large, strong, vocal presence as the opposition during council meetings. Their social activism was the exact opposite of what we see from most weak-kneed, capitulating “Christian” congregations these days.
Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church. I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren? But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers. Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
um.. since when do life insurance policies pay out if you kill yourself?
Met with the church’s pastor, changed the beneficiary of his life insurance to the church, and then killed himself.
That’s a tasty meatball!
Many pastors of these mega-churches would sell the gold in their live grandmothers’ teeth. They worship Mammon.
FWIW, Birchman Baptist had just over 1200 members in 2013, ranking it 418th in size in the Southern Baptist Convention.
http://thomrainer.com/2013/08/03/2013-update-largest-churches-in-the-southern-baptist-convention/
I’ve never been there and know nothing about them other than their website. As churches in Texas go, they are not all that big. Compared to the 30 members where I’m a member...yeah, it is big.
More details here:
"Bankers advised Defendant Birchman that even if Mr. Rafferty could have legally changed the beneficiary, the change was invalid under the policy because the change was purportedly signed and forwarded mere hours before Mr. Rafferty committed suicide. Under the policy, changes to the beneficiary must be received, approved and processed prior to the insured’s death. The change in beneficiary form allegedly executed by Mr. Rafferty on June 24, 2013 was not received, approved and processed prior to the insured’s death."
http://www.scribd.com/doc/238351354/2-Nd-Amended-Petition
"Judge Robert Ramirez ruled that even though a court order named the children as beneficiaries after the divorce, Mr. Rafferty had the right to change his life insurance policy after Sean and Scarlette turned 18, which had occurred.... ..."Dr. Pearle had been told by Mr. Rafferty that he had been scorned by Scarlette and Sean and that he had no relationship with them," the October 2013 letter reads. "Dr. Pearle knows Scarlette and Sean as they were active in church activities as children. However, they have not been in contact with the church for quite some time and declined the church's involvement with any funeral arrangements for Mr. Rafferty."
http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/city-life/07-18-14-birchman-baptist-lawsuit-sean-rafferty-suicide-life-insurance/
Comments at the last website supposedly come from various family friends and members of the church.
**Birchman Baptist Church. **
Acting like thieves?
Wow! Why the rush? /rhetorical