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Read Demetrius J. Sinegal’s Response below:
To the national reformation, fellowship churches, pastors, members, and partners of Kingdom Churches in Covenant International.
Please find below a missive from our Presiding Bishop regarding the rescinding of Pastor EC Hayes credentials, and his subsequent (multiple resignations), and actions which ensued including slander against this reformation and Presiding Bishop which have led to his being silenced within this national church body.
You will find that we have taken every scriptural measure in dealing with Pastor Hayes, having gone to him in private, then with the Apostolic Council, and that this is the end of several months of attempts to meet with our brother. Know that we love him, and readily wait to restore him.
Please note that The Apostolic Council which is the governing board of this church, and all of our college of Bishops fully support our Presiding Bishop and denounce all of the allegations of ethical misconduct.
Rocky Hemphill, Jr+
Senior Pastor – Christian Life Center – Hattiesburg, MS
Interim General Secretary – Kingdom Churches In Covenant International
From The Desk of Bishop Demetrius J. Sinegal
This will be my first and only response to the allegations lodged by Pastor EC Hayes that if not already, will be posted to blogs shortly.
Pastor Hayes was a pastor with our reformation up until this past week. He was designated for consecration & ordination to the episcopacy, and his designation was later rescinded (canceled & retracted) due to issues with his performance, ministerial ethics, failure to complete catechism, refusal to submit to the Dean of the College of Bishops, and lack of protocol, among other issues.
Both his wife, and the before mentioned administrative assistant represented OFFICES within our church and ministry. The OFFICE of administration is bigger than an administrator or an administrative assistant. Ministry email addresses have “auto signatures” that are assigned to them, that unless manually removed, are automatically posted in the body of the email sent from that address. At no time has Bre’onna Randolph had party or partiality to any of this foolishness nor does she bear any blame in it; emails were ALTERED and manipulated and then sent to her. My council will all attest that they were fully aware by my own pre-admission and information HOURS before the missives went out, that they were from my hand and desk. At no time has anyone’s name been forged to any official missives or letters, while indeed there were communication gaps amidst our apostolic council (the governing body of our reformation) all official missives are spoken & accounted for.
Prior to six months or so ago, Pastor Hayes would have been considered a loyal and accountable pastor to our reformation, however after several instances of rebuke, conflict, and engaging outside opinions, he has turned to such resolves, which are completely out of character for him. We have been most faithful in covering Pastor Hayes through some of the most difficult times of his life; through a divorce, through a very controversial marriage to the mistress who was, during his first marriage, serving as his & his first wife’s administrator, to conflicts within his family- a teenage daughter whom he has disowned; through losing church buildings and the like, so we certainly would not have expected this kind of action from him nor have we ever been an enemy to him.
I could stoop to sending emails to bloggers, downloading and emailing text messages of conversations between Pastor Hayes & myself, as well as others, however I have much greater and more important things to do, and will not lend much of my time to such trivial matters; and I have a platform of my own that does not require the magnification or the viral megaphone of ungodly blogs. This is simply a case of an offended, disgruntled & obviously hurt pastor, who’s credentials have been revoked, and letter of resignation readily received. Thankfully those who serve with me in our reformation know my character, have on multiple occasions met members of my small Atlanta congregation and some even worshipped with us.
It is no secret that we closed our Lafayette location a couple of years back; a fact Pastor Hayes is fully aware of, as he aided in the disbanding of that ministry, and several members from our church were sent to him. Our Apostolic Council did have plans to plant a Houston Church, however after the campus pastor we were placing there started wrestling with physical challenges along with a demanding business, we postponed planting the work; a fact Pastor Hayes would NOT be abreast of because he was disallowed from such conversations. Our Atlanta church like any church has endured growing pains of losing members, of moving, and that of having a pastor that has a national assignment, often making it difficult for me to return to the city during service times. As in any church, in the pastors absence, attendance & membership declines, while in his presence it increases. I will make no apologies that I pastor a church the size that 59% of worshippers in the United states attend (between 1-99 people), butbecause of the reputation of my national ministry, some assume I have a mega or large church as my philosophy is “excellence no matter what the size”, hence I have done well if that is the NON VERBALIZE perception many have taken.
There is a reason many pastors & gifts many years my senior with churches greater in size, submit to my leadership, not because I’m perfect, but because I live a holy life, and hear from God, and posses the wisdom of God to lead and guide many out of woes, into success and increase.
I could stoop low and retaliate in an equal and opposite matter; sharing the official yet private missives of this church to Pastor Hayes, from both myself and members of our Apostolic council; many of those missives inviting Pastor Hayes to appear in person before the council to voice whatever concerns and/or allegations he may have, yet he refused (even was invited by our council to meet with us IN HIS STATE, THIS WEEKEND) and continues to refuse to do so as the SCRIPTURE encourages us to do, but responding as such would make me defendant to the same spirit that I have identified Pastor Hayes to have. Rather I will end this attempted witch-hunt here. Countless people have been healed by the spirit of God through my hand and ministry across this world, countless personal, environmental, economical, and national prophecies BEYOND the calling of a name have been validated and fulfilled, my ministry speaks for itself and will continue to.
Those of you who do not feed on mess, but rather attempt to follow peace with all men will identify there are NO attempts to bring resolution by such actions of taking “viral” unfounded slanderous remarks, no attempts to bring peace in such actions, and no nuance of the spirit of Godliness in these actions. Those of you who who do not feed on mess will recognize this as what it is, an attempt to bring confusion & discord. Romans 16:17 urges us to MARK them which attempt to sow discord, and in such case, he has marked himself. To connect with the hands of heathens with defiled hearts who make their day by persecuting the pulpit, in order to deal with such conflict, makes those who have CONNECTED just as heathen-istic & defiled as those they connected to do their dirty work. A man, and/or a seasoned leader would not need such parties to speak on their behalf. Clean hands, being held by dirty hands ALWAYS result in two sets of dirty hands, and I pray Pastor Hayes has found some sense of resolve for his spirit by such acts, as it certainly has not brought any damage to the infrastructure of our reformation. We welcome him at any point to speak with us face to face, as a computer screen viewed by countless unbelievers & babes in Christ who may potentially view such foolishness as not just the exacerbated sensationalism that it is, but as a black eye to the church, is not the medium for such conflicts. If Pastor Hayes should so desire to appear before this council to lodge his accusations, he may do so, otherwise he is silenced as far as this church is concerned.
Attempts to use the names of my dear friend & sister, Dr. T. La’trell Penny and even my estranged colleague, Bishop Orrin Pullings is only an attempt for an otherwise local pastor to get national attention and to bring weight to his otherwise weightless foolishness. Dr. Penny has had NO hand in ANY of the matters she has been falsely accused of saying or speaking on. At NO time has anyone accused me of sexual indiscretions nor will ANY be able to provide proof of such, while indeed I was robbed by two men bearing disguises; again another attempt at exacerbating and sensationalizing otherwise trivial matters. Every time bloggers tell a story, it is added to; and in disclaimers on their own site, testifies that they are NOT journalists, that they make no attempt to express journalistic integrity in reporting truths, but that he is a BLOGGER who’s only focus is publishing something on someone that people would like to read about to draw attention to an otherwise deserted site. Such wars prove that the truth of the etiology of “warfare” is that it is neither an end to war, nor a bridge to the means of war, but that it is an avenue for casualties to be suffered.
In closing, it is obvious the intent of Pastor Hayes in lodging such a war was not to paint a clear picture as the missives and responses from both my office & that of our apostolic council were conveniently not sent with his other emails. I apologize to any and all offended by such foolishness in the church when there are MORE serious matters to tend to. I apologize to any who have suffered direct or indirect offense by my own, especially those who’s faith is damaged by such accusations, however I live by the philosophy, if you can’t out talk it, out live it. If the Lord delays His coming, and defers my departing, I’m certain I’ll live to see you tomorrow.
In the Master’s Service,
++Demetrius J. Sinegal
P.S.- Note this missive was NOT sent to any blogs or news media or ANY other ungodly sources of church house gossip; and if it is found displayed there it is ONLY because it was downloaded from another source. We will NOT be a gateway for more attention to such a mediums that are ONLY still in operation because the CHURCH (people therein) drive traffic to it.
P.P.S. – Any further conversation concerning this matter will need to be directed to my attorney as we have identified these allegations for what they are, slander & libel which if continued, will be dealt with as such.