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Friday, September 12, 2025

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Friday, September 12, 2025

Young North Carolina preacher fired by church deacons for attending Rick Ross concert

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Rick Ross performing (HipHopNC.com)

Pastor Rodney Wills was fired from Mt. Salem Baptist Church in Winston Salem,North Carolina because he attended a Rick Ross concert. AmericaPreachers.com reports that Pastor Rodney Wills was just about to reach 4 years at Mt. Salem Baptist Church.

He is the youngest pastor to be installed at 26 years old and is now the shortest term pastor in Mt. Salem’s 109 year history. On Saturday, Mt. Salem voted him out for attending a local Rick Ross concert. With a vote of 11 to 3, the 14 deacons met at 11pm Saturday night to discuss and come to a conclusion that they did not need his services anymore. Rev. Wills arrived to the church the next day for Sunday morning worship service and notice his parking sign taken down and his name removed from the office door.

Read the full story at HipHopNC.com.

Do you consider it fair?  Should he be held to a different standard? Now, of course we have to ask WWJD?