Jun 07 2008
Man Sues After being slain in the Spirit
Matthew Lincoln was attending an evening service at his nondenominational Tennessee church when he approached the altar where a visiting minister was offering individual prayers for parishioners. Assigned “catchers” were present on the altar in case congregants fainted, fell, or otherwise lost control. When the minister, Robert Lavala, slightly touched his forehead, the Knoxville-area man “received the spirit and fell backwards.” Except nobody was there to catch him, Lincoln charges in a $2.5 million lawsuit filed yesterday against Lakewind Church and its pastors. Lincoln, 58, claims that he fell backwards, striking his head against the “carpet-covered cement floor,” according to the Circuit Court complaint, which was first reported by Courthouse News Service.
A copy of Lincoln’s lawsuit can be found here.
[From me]
Man, you can’t make this stuff up! The worst thing that could happen in our church is someone falls in the baptistry.
What do you think?
4 responses so far
Unbelievable. I reckon being “slain” does not require a changed heart? Perhaps he needs to read the passage in Corinthians about believers suing believers?
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I think the injured man should be sued for ignorance.When someone fell backwards in the Bible it was judgement(Eli)When falling foward..worship(John.Rev.1)
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Maybe if the preacher had slapped him on the back of the head as my mother and father did a few dozen times, he could have seen who was or was not in front of him before falling!
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