A Quiet Roar: Sometimes Disruption Is Overdue

At a Baptist Church in the deep south, male leaders are taking turns filling the pulpit in the absence of a pastor.

Two weeks before Easter, one of the leaders--an eighty-year-old millionaire--looks out over the congregation of sixty people. "I've decided not to teach this morning," he declares. "Rather I'm going to make an announcement. And it's going to upset many of you. But at this point I honestly don't care; I'm angry. The two previous pastors have nearly destroyed our church. So, I've...