A pre-trial conference has been scheduled for January of next year in a civil lawsuit pitting a former Garnett pastor against members of the local First Baptist Church, whom he says scuttled his attempted sale of the church parsonage property to cover church expenses.
The court action culminates an ongoing feud between members of the church and former pastor Daniel Meyer, who filed suit against former church members Rose Miller, Warren Winfrey and Leroy Teter in April after the three attached a sworn affidavit to the deed for the church parsonage at 510 North Cedar that said Meyer had no legal authority as church management.
Meyer had negotiated the sale of the property to cover what he said were church expenses after membership dropped so low – due to what some church members said was his autocratic and eccentric approach to church management.
