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Fri May 16, 2008 at 12:30:19 PM
PBC minister Joe Barron

That was awful quick: Prestonwood Baptist Church has all but eradicated the name Joe Barron from its Web site -- and with good reason, as today the Bryan-College Station Eagle has the news that the 52-year-old Barron, listed as a Minister of Married Adult III on this cached "leadership & staff" page, was "arrested in Bryan early Thursday after he drove more than three hours to have sex with a person he thought was a 13-year-old girl, police said."

KTVT-Channel 11 has a statement issued this a.m. by the 20,000-member-strong megachurch's executive pastor, Mike Buster: "We are disturbed and saddened by the reports we have heard and we are praying for the Barron family. We are fully cooperating with the police in their investigation." Now where did I put Bible Girl's phone number ... ? --Robert Wilonsky

22 Comments:

incindio says:

What a day! First, Brian Loncar gets hit by a fire truck, and now this. I'm starting to think there is a God, after all!

hot chocolate liberal says:

Now where did I put Bible Girl's phone number ... ?

For the love of Zeus, I hope "in the trash".

DS says:

Now remember -

Gays are evil...
"Christian" is a Adjective...

Brent says:

This is the same church ministry zealots that all but asked me to leave on the evidence of a rumor about an arrest.I hope the drug dealin' minister,now saved, is reading so he can get the drift.I'm sure they'll be taking Barron's name off of every bulletin, church office door,web site and classroom.Instead of trying to do God's work in trying to reach him, a man with a problem, and offer him brotherly love , they will distance themselves so far from him that you'll never know he was ever there,and Joe,don't come looking for your last paycheck.It's already in the mail with your termination letter with another letter on the way to have your minister's license revoked. You'll find God is much more forgiving that this church and its ministers. You just won't be good for business.

This isn't the first time that a Prestonwood Baptist minister has disappeared down the PBC memory hole. Does anyone remember Dr. Billy Weber, the PBC pastor who built up Prestonwood into one of the nation's first mega-churches in the late 1980s? He was caught having adulterous affairs with several different women in the church at the same time. There is no mention of him on the church's website either. No surprise, though, Christians have long been masters at revising and whitewashing their own histories.

Jack Jett says:

Bible Girl would have blamed this on the sluttiness of the 13 year old girl.

religion of bacon says:

Now where did I put Bible Girl's phone number ... ?

Bible Girl is a bit older than what he's looking for, isn't she?

Typical White Gay Person says:

Should the Texas Rangers and CPS be taking away ALL THE CHILDREN of this church?

We shouldn't think this is the first time this has happened and with this in mind, we can only assume that ALL THE CHILDREN of this church are being sexually abused.

East Dallas Eccentric says:

If he had to drive to Bryan he should have just gotten out of his car to take a piss and waited for the sheep to back up against the fence. It's Aggieland you know..

Jeff says:

Suppose this guy got bored with the rides at Six Flags over Jesus? And, +1 chad

warden62 says:

Here's a weird connection. John Criswell, ex-News 4/Fox 4/BeloVision anchor hosts the radio program at Prestonwood Baptist.

John Criswell is so neck-deep into the local Jesus industry that I have wondered if he is related to the late Pastor Criswell of the soon-to-be-late First Baptist Dallas? And speaking of troubles in the evangelical kingdom, has anyone here seen the new book The Fall of the Evangelical Nation by Christine Wicker? Her blog site is quite relevant to all this...

http://www.christinewicker.com/

loody says:

billy weber is still remembered for his contributions: http://www.prestonwood.org/updates/life/2007_spring/07_prayer.php

glad i cant says:

Interesting that everyone is leaving info like Hypocrites, perverts, spiritual leaders... If people truly understood the gospel, they would never expect anyone that claims to be a Christian to be anything but a Hypocrite! Are you nuts?
Of course a Christian is a Hypocrite and a liar and a thief, a pervert, murderer, etc... and a But a Real Christian knows it... ie the Prostitute, thief on the cross ! THAT'S THE GOSPEL! That ALL HAVE BROKEN EVERY COMMAND OF GOD! That's why they need a savior. You people have just confused Religion with Jesus Christ, who is God of the Universe. It's the Religious people that never could get it... apparently most here don’t either. Which makes you all the same… which IS THE POINT! The secular, lost, and on their way to hell find all this comforting because it gives them one more excuse, as if they needed one. If a person goes/attends a "church" (there is really only one, if they are followers of Jesus Christ, who is God) where the people attending look and act "good"... you are in a place far closer to Hell than Heaven. In society's eye's Jesus hung with the Sinners... NOT THE GOOD FOLK!! Truly they were broken and honest about it. It is repulsive that places like Prestonwood are so Lost and still don't get it 2k yrs later. Still pullin the same Crap that the Pharisees did... "Playing" churchy church/religon. Until and unless the "church" starts showing up Eagerly willing to dump all their Filthy Garbage for all to see and being REAL... They will continue to have zero real impact on community. Prestonwood is the place to go...NOT Belong... Horrible place to try to find/follow Jesus. NO ONE WILL EVER BE REAL THERE. They are so lost.

Name that Dude Singing Like a Rolling Stone says:

Can anyone say typical Baptists...or hypocrits as I like to refer to them as. The most judgemental people/religon/cult this side of Mormonism and this happens. How fitting.

Go Baptists!

tmilton smith says:

to: the executive pastor :prestonwood baptist you think your (all) so called "christain's".and do and speak the word of,GOD.A YOUR (ALL)RETARDED "BASTARDS'" USING,"GOD's", NAME TO EXTORT AND WHENDAL $$$ ot of other,GOD fearing people who attend your church and look up to you "THEIF'S.WHO PREACH THE DOCTRINE OF ,"DEMONS AND DEVIL'S".
INSTEAD OF REALLY HELPING AND AND STAND BY ONE OF YOUR OWN WHO (LIKE EVERY) OTHER "MAJOR" MAN OF "GOD" in the bible who all(failed)-"GOD" YOU THROW HIM TO THE WAY SIDE,AND TRY AND EX-COMMUICAT HIM LIKE THE ,ASSEMBLIES OF GOD ,DID TO ,"JIMMY SWAGARRT" ,YOU "CHRISTAIN "ZERO'S," OF THE SPOKEN WORD (GO STRIGHT TO HELL), WHERE YOU ALL BELONG) YOU LIFLESS LOWLIFES OF THE SPOKEN WORD ESPECIALY YOU "MIKE BUSTER" YOUR THE ONE WHO NEEDS HIS (LIC YANKED OUT OF YOUR ,WALLET AND STUMPED ON."YOU" WEAKLING "SORRY OF A REPRESENTATION",OF WHAT (REAL "LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE" IS (ALL) ABOUT.(I, HOPE "THE WORLD" WORLD READS THIS COMMENT)
and it (reflects) directly on "You"and your whole patoral moron minister'S of the gospel.
you and all you ministers should not condone whattook place. but stand by not with just "prayers" "that's a (cop-out)on your part but go to this one of your misnitry that's "fallen" and (lift" him in up) you "zero's" of ,GOD'S"-presthood.of a paster's...if I were their,(I'd,slap you in the face),front of your whole congegation, you weakling of a human being,MIKE,BUTER,YOUR no less than a, "maggot".AND A FIGMA OF YOUR OUWN "IMAGINATION".

As I could have predicted the "real" Christians have now weighed in, with lots of hysterical spew, typed in all caps in case we can't figure out that they are upset.

Here's a news flash for you guys. There are now approximately 1000 denominations, each of them claiming to have the proper kind of church and the appropriate understanding of "God's Word". These groups vary from mega-churches to small gatherings that meet in homes and store-fronts. Rich, poor, all claiming to know the "truth". All sifting through the remnants of a dreary Bronze Age mythology and arguing with each other over its meaning, while the world moves past them, finding cures for diseases, finding ways to feed more people, building bridges between cultures, while you guys sit in your sandbox screaming at each other over which of your little pails and shovels Jesus would approve of. Your time has come and gone. Your leader himself said to judge the tree by the fruit it bears. Both you and this sad pervert are the fruit that the tree of fundamental Bible belief has borne. The problem the, is the tree. The teachings of your savior collapse under their own weight. That's because he's been dead and buried 2000 years, if he ever existed at all. So grow the f**k up or shut the f**k up. The grownups here have lives to live and things to get done.

dear glad i can't......

i have read your comments over and over and i am not sure i understand them. could be a result of some bad acid from the 70's.

your point seems interesting and valid, but i just don't totally understand it.

can you summarize?

Matt says:

The only question is how much longer until we find out what the other pastors are up to.

It must be hard to keep tabs on your staff when you have 26,000 peoples' checkbooks to keep track of.

Tom Monroe says:

I knew Billy Weber well. I was priviledged to share some of lifes greatest moments with him. I choose to remember him when he was at his best.At his best there were few who were better. Very few.

lukanator says:

Dear Moral twits,

You all seem to think that you know so much about what happens at PBC. Maybe you should wake up before noon on Sunday and come and actually see what the truth is about spiritual leaders of our communities. You can't judge a body of people based on a couple of bad one's. Someday judgement will come and it is up to God to punish the hypocrits not you or me. I hope that Christ somehow will find his way into your lost souls.

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