Judge Bars Rev. Joel R. Peebles from Collecting Tithes & Offerings at Services at Jericho City of Praise Church as Legal Battle Brews

Judge bars Rev. Joel R. Peebles from collecting tithes and offerings at church co-founded by his mother, the late Betty Peebles, as court battle looms over who should manage church's finances.

Drama in Prince George's County -- Rev. Joel R. Peebles, pastor at center of battle over multi-million Jericho City of Praise Church in Landover, co-founded by his mother Betty Pebbles, has been smacked down by a judge barring him from collecting tithes and offerings during church services. That's a huge slap.

The court order is the first legal action in a court battle that began in October, just days after the death of Peebles’s mother, Apostle Betty Peebles, who co-founded the church and grew it into one of the region’s largest and most influential ministries, with more than 15,000 members and millions in assets.

A group of church employees who claim that in the months before her death Betty Peebles gave them authority to manage the church’s finances had petitioned the court for the restraining order to block Joel Peebles, 41, from handling the money. Joel Peebles, who has been acting as senior pastor of the church since his mother’s death, has countersued, challenging the employees’ authority and the way they have managed the church’s money. Source: Washington Post

Read the hot mess playing out at Jericho City of Praise Church. I don't know why death always brings drama, but in a church.

H/T A Toast 2 Wealth