Rev. John L. Wright, Pastor, FBCG, Dead

Photo of Headstone taken by:
Rev. LED Dowell

Following many years of warning Rev. John L. Wright, Pastor, FBCG (Columbia, MD) that the Lord was displeased with his disobedience to God's will, he died on January 28, 2010, following the diagnosis of Melanoma.

I attended Rev. Wright's funeral on Friday, February 5, 2010, as a member of the Clergy . It was held at the St. John Baptist Church in Long Reach, Columbia, MD., where Rev. Robert Turner is the Pastor, simply because the FBCG is still meeting in a neighborhood school. Rev. Wright was laid to rest in the FBCG cemetery located not too far from where the church construction bones remain. It is still not completed after years of legal and spiritual conflicts. The Lord's prophetic Word to them was that, "because Wright refused to obey God's will in my life and regarding that church, then watch it die! The church is dead!"

Today, at most, FBCG remains but a shadow of its once notable self, because they deliberately refused -- utterly refused to believe God really speaks today and forever. Even after they conspired to put me out of the church for giving "Thus saith the Lord," many of the parishioners had died unexpectantly. On one Sunday, in particular, even Rev. Wright was taken out of the pulpit and carried to the hospital in an ambulance during the service, when he fell out. What's more, a lot of the parishioners left that church, because they knew Rev. Wright had not told the truth about me.

When Rev. Wright died on January 28, 2010, (the date of my late mother's birthday), the prophetic voice of God which I had delivered to Rev. Wright and the FBCG late 1980s to early 1990s was finally confirmed exactly the way the Lord said it would be, as per much valid prophetic documentation retained on file.

In 1992, Rev. Wright wanted to keep me from sending "What Thus Saith the Lord" to him and to the church body. In order to do that he and others in FBCG conspired together and filed false court documents against me. They had complained to both the Howard County Circuit and District Courts that I wrote a letter threatening his life. But, that never happened and they knew it was not true. Also, neither Rev. Wright nor any FBCG member-attorneys nor officers or members of that church ever presented any such letter whatsoever. And they could not, because Rev. Wright and the church body knew that it was a prophetic letter that the Lord had me to send, and I did send it -- even though Rev. Wright refused to discern it, believe it, or obey it.

In one such prophetic letter the Lord had me to send, the Lord said, "Sheila will see her father lying in his coffin." And, the Lord also said, "Lainie, stand alongside that coffin and see the man, Wright, in his suit of rest." And, among many more, I also wrote that word and delivered it to the Pastor and church in 1992. However, Rev. Wright and the church trustee board and deacon board saw it as a threat from me. However, many of the parishioners and officers who read it or heard about it saw it as a Godly warning and as being true. They had confirmed in their spirits that it was a word of warning sent from the Lord.

Nevertheless, the circuit court never called for their alleged written evidence FBCG said that they had to prove I had "threatened" Rev. Wright's life. Yet, they had never filed anything in court to be entered into the record, as I had petitioned them to do, in order to prove my innocence, which I had maintained throughout that ordeal and still do to this day. The falsely obtained injunction by FBCG to date has not been lifted by the HoCo circuit court since it was filed by the church on August 11, 1992, to keep me out of both the FBCG and the church cemetery (i.e., After Wright was funeralized ("in his suit of rest"), he was buried in the church cemetery on Friday, February 5, 2010), and I was standing there, also. It was a solemn occasion for me, because the hearts of the people still did not understand what had taken place and why.

Rev. Wright went to his grave without ever making any of that entire injustice right with me or with God. Those false charges Rev. Wright and the FBCG trustees conjured up and brought against me on Sunday, August 9, 1992, in the HoCo District Court was all political and their allegations resulted in my being arrested while I attended the church during that Sunday Communion-Worship Service (August 9, 1992). They called the police to the church and, inside of it while Wright was preaching from the podium, they charged me with "criminal trespassing on private property - (i.e., the FBCG)." Those charges were subsequently Nolle Prossed by the District Court of Howard County after many months and thousands of dollars to litigate.

Original court and church documentation are available upon request.

Those documents will substantiate that I was never "excommunicated" by FBCG, as some of the newspaper reports first stated. And all has been fully documented. That charge, too, was based on FBCG perjured court documents, which also prove Rev. Wright never held such a church meeting, as he also told the circuit court to obtain an injunction to keep me out of the church permanently. Rev. Wright had both political and church clout, but he allowed his mind to deceive him into believing that he could do whatever he chose instead of him stopping to hear God's will concerning a matter. Rev. Wright died in his disobedience just as God had said he would do.

The FBCG church died long ago before Rev. Wright because God took His hand away from the Pastor and congregation because of their disobedience and lack of repentance. Too many church people are playing with God and losing out on the fulness of God's blessings. The question is, What does the Lord God say about that church and the people who walk into it? In all things and in all ways, much has been proved true which the Lord has given me to proclaim.

"Unless the Lord build the house, they labor in vain who build and unless the Lord keep the city, the watchman lay awake in vain. . . ." Psalm 127:1a KJV

God is real. God is alive. God speaks today as He did yesterday and God shall continue to do so throughout all eternity. No one is exempt from hearing and obeying -- not even the Preacher.

UPDATE - FBCOG ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTION

The First Baptist Church of Guilford, located in Howard County, Maryland, (Columbia) was legally denied approval to add on/renovate or build by (1) Board of Appeals, and (2) Hearing Examiner, and (3) Circuit Court Judges (three of them) on review of three separate administrative appeals of the church case. The court records show the church was denied each time and illegally went to the county council to spot zone (rezone) their property. The church continues to engage in illegal, corrupt process despite my numerous letters and legal case law cites to prove Rev. Wright and this county are noncompliant. My administrative appeal against this church is ongoing since 2004, and the county and church are continuing to do everything to use the full force of the law to keep them flaunting it. That is neither of God nor Godly and I cannot understand how any of those perpetrators can sleep at night.

Below is a current account of legal news that our newspapers have refused to report, I believe, because Rev. Wright is involved. Many of the First Baptist Church of Guilford parishioners do not know their church is acting illegally and that I have filed ongoing administrative appeals and judicial review suits against them since 2004, and I have not yet exhausted my right to appellate reviews. Where is the church money coming from and where is it going to? Isn't anybody calling for an objective financial audit of their chruch records, as they continue to rake in money for "construction"?

There is no progress when the ones who are in charge of keeping the law are, themselves, unlawful (based on the court records). And, unless anybody persists and perseveres for the cause of justice, there will be no justice.

Although my administrative appeal against the FBCG rezoning and construction is still ongoing since 2004, to date, no trial has been scheduled on the merits. In 2004, I appealed the circuit court's denial of my motion to grant a stay and motion to change venue during the outset of my petition. In September, the Court of Special Appeals (COSA) ruled my appeal (on the denied motions) was premature and dismissed that appeal. At the same time, the COSA did "Remand (my case to the Howard County Circuit Court) for further proceedings." Instead of doing that, the circuit court dismissed my entire case without taking action on the merits and closed the record even *before* the COSA issued its Mandate in October 2007. At the time, the COSA had *not* dismissed *my entire case* and even stated so in their Mandate.

The circuit court had also done the same thing as the Board of Appeals. Neither of them had provided for the files any mandated final written decision with memorandum of facts and conclusion of law; yet, they both allowed the FBCG to proceed with their illegal (confirmed by the record) zoning plans. Even worse, the circuit court not only had not provided for the file any proper, lawful written decision and order, they also have never notified me in any format that the circuit court had dismissed my administrative appeal and closed my record even while my judicial review in the COSA was still pending receipt of their Mandate. I found that out when I went to the courthouse and reviewed my case file.

*Bottom Line* --
The First Baptist Church of Guilford (Rev. John L. Wright, Pastor) continues with construction of a new church using an illegal process and, as a matter of law, they could be made to discontinue construction and even to tear their whole project down.

The Howard County Department of Planning and Zoning has allowed the church to continue to RedLine/update their same previously rejected 1998 plans even in late 2007! And those plans now reflect an entirely new and sprawling church beyond the originally rejected plans. This is outrageous. It is corrupt. It is fraudulent. It is time for the news to report what is going on; but, to date, even the newspapers have refused to do so. And, as a matter of law, the church and Howard County actions are based on an ongoing unlawful process with impunity and they must be stopped. They must all be held accountable by the courts for knowingly, willfully, and deliberately deceptive practices with regards to this church zoning case.

As of this date (Dec. 26, 2007), I am awaiting a response from the COSA on my Motion for Reconsideration to reverse, vacate, and remand my case to Howard County Circuit Court to comply with the COSA Mandate of October 17, 2006, "Remand for further proceedings." Regardless! They know the record will remain a testimony against them. They may ignore it but they also know that God Himself is not pleased with their disobedience.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2008!

Law Makers or Law Breakers?Maryland Awareness!

The Holy Spirit told me that "There can be no justice where the keepers of justice are, themselves, unjust." -Rev. L. Dowell.

What do we need? ACCOUNTABILITY, CREDIBILITY, RESPONSIBILITY -- Godly Leaders.

Cronyism, favoritism, and downright, outright evil intentions by perpetrators (i.e., especially in the legal and judicial professions) need not go unaddressed. Newspapers do not want to tell our stories. Family members are probably tired of listening to our complaints. Officials love to pass the buck and hurry us out of their offices. Perpetrators retaliate against us for complaining and label us as being sick, crazy, vindictive, or criminal, even as we work through the system to get justice based on the law and facts. (Don't get tired yet, read on).

Are you fed up with lying legal eagles and keepers of the law who, themselves, break the law? I am. This is for Maryland citizens and others who arrive at this site and understand how crucial it is for legislators to finally protect our rights of due process and equal protection under the law. Here and in all this nation (browse the Net), justice will still cry in pain without redress as long as officials continue to think they are above the law and continue abusing the process with impunity and a lack of accountability.

Most pro se litigants are not in court, because we want to be. For many of us, it comes down to either cracking the law books (mainly the statutes) or else walking away from an obvious abuse (i.e., to everybody but lawmakers who have the authority and expertise to correct it -- but who refuse to do so). We need a voice!

I am hereby announcing my intentions to not feel guilty about pursuing the arm of justice in Howard County, Maryland. Truth and court records give witness to the veracity of my claims of innocence . Truth will always remain true. And, because I know that truth will always surface no matter how long it might take, I have not slept my equitable right to achieve legal vindication.

To: Rev. John L. Wright, Charles L. Fuller, Esquire, Lillie Price-Wesley, Esquire, and other officers and members of The First Baptist Church of Guilford, Columbia, MD, who remain silent about their lying on me in the Howard County Circuit and District courts and "blaming the victim," (me); and to all those Maryland officials and lawmakers who know about and privately shield all of Wright's public wrongs and help him to use our courthouses to illegally back him up, one day, somebody is going to listen to this ongoing plea and investigate what you have done. When they do that, then justice will have been served.

Herein is my special invitation for any of you to disprove my allegations, in a court of law. And this time, you will be required to file substantiating documents, if you have any. You never gave any to me or to the courts. But, I stand ready knowing that hundreds of unaddressed court records to support my allegations will indict you. And no ethical, Godly, legal professional will dare place their reputation and job on the line to protect you perjurers who obstructed justice, as those aforementioned have done. Truth will not only get me in the door but it will also keep me there. From August 9, 1992 until the truth is fully exposed in this matter, I will continue to maintain my allegations are true, even if the newspapers will not print it and the officials will not investigate it.

Stay tuned.