Judge rules Great Bethel to receive deposited funds

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Former Great Bethel Missionary Baptist pastor Emerson Ware Jr. said he had no objection to the church receiving $24,000 in deposits he helped make on its behalf, his lawyer said.

Great Bethel Missionary Baptist will receive $24,000 deposited by former pastor Emerson Ware Jr., Shirley Shelton and Annette Walker at Heritage South Credit Union since April 2018, a circuit judge ruled Wednesday.

The credit union had frozen the account and asked the courts to decide the rightful owner after the board of directors of Great Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Inc. contacted the bank about the funds.