By ROGAN M. SMITH, Guardian Senior Reporter, rogan@nasguard.com


Bahamas Christian Council (BCC) President Bishop John Humes was voted out Tuesday night after only one year at the head of the religious organization — one of the shortest stints ever for a BCC President.

Harcourt Pinder, a former president of BCC, is the only other president to have served a one-year term, said Bishop Humes. The maximum term is three consecutive years.

Reverend Patrick Paul, former Christian Council vice-president has been elected the new president.

Humes, who assumed the top post last year, told The Guardian yesterday that there were no hard feelings and gave assurances that there would be no split in the church despite his recent ousting.

"We went through the election process and the majority decided that they wanted a new president," he said. "It was a close election.

"It's a democratic system that we have in the Christian Council and it's the same system that voted me in last year, and it's the same system that voted him in. Nothing has changed."

Bishop Humes' election last year to the top post ended a perceived domination of the Council's presidency by Baptist clergymen.

He became the first Pentecostal president since Bishop Albert Hepburn, who served in the early 1990s.

Humes is also the National Overseer for the Church of God in The Bahamas.

Humes said he would continue to support the Christian Council, Reverend Paul and his entire administration as well as the Church of God.

"I have nothing bad to speak about him. The people wanted a new direction. I have no problem with that, I just want to get to heaven," he said.

"I want it to be clear that I support him. I congratulate Reverend Patrick Paul as the new president and not only I, but the Church of God supports him. I have no regrets and I thank them for the opportunity to serve, even though it was only one year. I thank them for the opportunity to serve nonetheless."

Humes said he could now focus more time on his church and was "more than happy" to allow another person to serve.

"I'm not the type of person who will hinder the process. The world goes on and I don't want to send any wrong messages because this is a Christian Council. I love the man and I will support him," he said.

The Christian Council president's post has a tenure of three years, but every year on the last Tuesday in April, members go through the electoral process.

Meantime, newly-elected president, Reverend Paul gave assurances that the "Council has the heart of the community and we're going to pursue what the Council's mandate is. We look forward to working with the new elected officers.

"We know that the challenge before us is not a very easy one, but we believe that we were elected to serve from that perspective and we're going to do that."

Also elected were: Vice-President, Reverend Ranford Patterson; Secretary, Reverend Tony Hanna; and Treasurer, Bishop Gregory Minnis.

Bishop Humes, who served for three years as the Council's vice-president, succeeded the Reverend Dr. William Thompson, who could not offer for re-election, having served the maximum term of three consecutive years.


This one een last long as Patty last in the army. I'd have to say he was one of the worst. Someone mussy had something on him cos one big cat had his tongue. He was silent on way too many issues where his voice was needed!! BUSH CRACK........

Perry............you een the only ONE TERMER now....:hammer:

And the new president s a crook!


SMT @ this poppy show!

And the new president s a crook!
SMT @ this poppy show!
:jawdroop: you know him aye?

:jawdroop: you know him aye?


Chile I used to work to one bank where his wife was Vice President and he used to do some crooked ish....I had to point it out to his wife...she read him the riot act and he stopped for about 2 months!


BTW the wife was asked to resign last year over something crooked!

BOL at anyone who is seriously looking at the BCC as a beacon for anything.

And the new president s a crook!
SMT @ this poppy show!


WELL DEN BROWN HE SHOULD FEEL RIGHT AT HOME!!!LOL :cutie:

CROOKED HEY?

By ROGAN M. SMITH, Guardian Senior Reporter, rogan@nasguard.com


Bahamas Christian Council (BCC) President Bishop John Humes was voted out Tuesday night after only one year at the head of the religious organization — one of the shortest stints ever for a BCC President.

Harcourt Pinder, a former president of BCC, is the only other president to have served a one-year term, said Bishop Humes. The maximum term is three consecutive years.

Reverend Patrick Paul, former Christian Council vice-president has been elected the new president.

Humes, who assumed the top post last year, told The Guardian yesterday that there were no hard feelings and gave assurances that there would be no split in the church despite his recent ousting.

"We went through the election process and the majority decided that they wanted a new president," he said. "It was a close election.

"It's a democratic system that we have in the Christian Council and it's the same system that voted me in last year, and it's the same system that voted him in. Nothing has changed."

Bishop Humes' election last year to the top post ended a perceived domination of the Council's presidency by Baptist clergymen.

He became the first Pentecostal president since Bishop Albert Hepburn, who served in the early 1990s.

Humes is also the National Overseer for the Church of God in The Bahamas.

Humes said he would continue to support the Christian Council, Reverend Paul and his entire administration as well as the Church of God.

"I have nothing bad to speak about him. The people wanted a new direction. I have no problem with that, I just want to get to heaven," he said.

"I want it to be clear that I support him. I congratulate Reverend Patrick Paul as the new president and not only I, but the Church of God supports him. I have no regrets and I thank them for the opportunity to serve, even though it was only one year. I thank them for the opportunity to serve nonetheless."

Humes said he could now focus more time on his church and was "more than happy" to allow another person to serve.

"I'm not the type of person who will hinder the process. The world goes on and I don't want to send any wrong messages because this is a Christian Council. I love the man and I will support him," he said.

The Christian Council president's post has a tenure of three years, but every year on the last Tuesday in April, members go through the electoral process.

Meantime, newly-elected president, Reverend Paul gave assurances that the "Council has the heart of the community and we're going to pursue what the Council's mandate is. We look forward to working with the new elected officers.

"We know that the challenge before us is not a very easy one, but we believe that we were elected to serve from that perspective and we're going to do that."

Also elected were: Vice-President, Reverend Ranford Patterson; Secretary, Reverend Tony Hanna; and Treasurer, Bishop Gregory Minnis.

Bishop Humes, who served for three years as the Council's vice-president, succeeded the Reverend Dr. William Thompson, who could not offer for re-election, having served the maximum term of three consecutive years.


This one een last long as Patty last in the army. I'd have to say he was one of the worst. Someone mussy had something on him cos one big cat had his tongue. He was silent on way too many issues where his voice was needed!! BUSH CRACK........

Perry............you een the only ONE TERMER now....:hammer:
If this true, this is GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!!! . I know my GOD IS REAL ......

I haven't heard this on the news yet though??????????

This one een last long as Patty last in the army. I'd have to say he was one of the worst. Someone mussy had something on him cos one big cat had his tongue. He was silent on way too many issues where his voice was needed!! BUSH CRACK........
Perry............you een the only ONE TERMER now....:hammer:I knew he would not last playing politics with his job!!

Ida Poitier will be the other "one termer" to join PC!!! Before the year ends PC will have plenty company. He will feel like a hero for starting a "one term" trend in this Bahamas!!!

I had a nice conversation with the Bishop about a month or so ago and he was warned that this would happen if he does not speak to the issues and STOP suckingup to HI and the FNM!!!!

But I am sure he does not care as long as the FNM is still in power....

WELL DEN BROWN HE SHOULD FEEL RIGHT AT HOME!!!LOL :cutie:

CROOKED HEY?
MY thoughts exactly!!

BOL at anyone who is seriously looking at the BCC as a beacon for anything.Their roll is important, it's just that the former president was joking and caused them to become a useless organization!!

They have their job to do but is failing miserably!! They refuse to deal with the social issues which should be far more important to the BCC than the political isssues that they always jump into!!

Hopefully this president will offer some suggestions to the govt and the country on how to deal with some of these social and political issues which confront us today!!! Good luck Pastor Paul!!!!

Their roll is important,

to them and their followers, not to the country.

to them and their followers, not to the country.
Supposed to be to the country but past presidents have made it to their followers!!

The problem with John Humes was that his roll was to this govt especially HI and he thought that because the majority of persons wanted HI back, his position would have been safe but boy was he WRONG!!!!

Chile I used to work to one bank where his wife was Vice President and he used to do some crooked ish....I had to point it out to his wife...she read him the riot act and he stopped for about 2 months!
BTW the wife was asked to resign last year over something crooked!

Errr...dis kinda ting, does get Delroy in trouble and does get good threads, shut down!

Humes went and opened his mouth a little too quickly. When the Capital Punishment issue came out, he jumped on the political stump. When gambling came a calling, he didn't take a stance that was far from the church- even though he was baited out to taking a position.

He took a soft position on gambling, and a blatantly political position on Capital Punishment. Too controversial and a train wreck for Bahamian Christianity, waiting to happen.

Hopefully, he can salvage whats left of his credibility and move forward better and much more wiser!

Humes went and opened his mouth a little too quickly. When the Capital Punishment issue came out, he jumped on the political stump. When gambling came a calling, he didn't take a stance that was far from the church- even though he was baited out to taking a position.

He took a soft position on gambling, and a blatantly political position on Capital Punishment. Too controversial and a train wreck for Bahamian Christianity, waiting to happen.

Hopefully, he can salvage whats left of his credibility and move forward better and much more wiser!
Jeff Lloyd and 94.9 had a town meeting on the topic, "Should the numbers game be legalized??" and Bishop Humes presented the view of the church.

He said no to legalizing the numbers game but all through but at the end he said that that was the church's view but the govt can do what it wants to do because the people put them there to make decisions. Then he said, " I love you primeminister".....

While I share the same view that he expressed as far as the govt being able to do what they want but as the president of the BCC he should not have said that.....

The man talked a lot of nonesense and after having a conversation with him after the event, I found out that he was quite clueless about the issues facing the BAhamas!!

He was an accident waiting to happen!!