The Church Mama Shut Down

This is a true story, preached by Bro Paul Mooney.

It happened in Windfall, Indiana. Sister Mooney's parents went to visit a (dead) church. Sister Mooney's mother, Sister Jewel Hart, went up to the front and began to pray. She started speaking in tongues. The church people were horrified. They thought the devil was there. The pastor tried to stop her. He came down to her and said, "You can't do that here." She would not stop. He tried harder. He said, "Lady! Lady! Lady!"

Sister Mooney's father (who is a bit of a redneck) said, "Keep your hands off of her! She's speaking in tongues! You need to speak in tongues! Get back! Get back!" He went on to say, "When she gets done, I will take her out of here, and I will never bring her back. But your church is going to be cursed!" She finished speaking in tongues, and her husband said, "Come on, Jewel" and they left.

Shortly afterward that church began to go down, and eventually there was nothing left. Today that church is just a boarded up thing.

The Mooneys still go by there sometimes, and Sister Mooney will say, "That's the church my Mama shut down."