Originally Posted by
MSUguy
Truman Dollar was Pastor in 80's. He was successful in removing the segregational policies of the parish. However, he was discredited by other church leaders. They investigated and found evidence he was having an affair with a former member of his [[previous)Kansas City church.
Membership severely declined during his leadership, down from 10,000 or so to less than 1,000. Blaming location, the parish built a new church in Plymouth. They sold the West Chicago church to Word Of Faith for about 2 mil, after a short time, Word Faith sold this church to World Outreach for about 6 mil.
The new Temple Baptist in Plymouth did not flourish. Parish voted to change name to NorthRidge. There is no longer any affiliation with any Baptist sects.
NorthRidge is now a non-denominational mega-church.