220:- reports that he had been ousted from the pulpit by a majority vote from the church membership on December 7, 1975. The oust of Pinkston was contested before the Common Pleas Court and Judge Fred Shoemaker ruled the dispute must be settled by another election, which was to be conducted on January 17, 1976. Reverend Leon Troy was approached to be the church's pastor in May 1976 and began his pastoral duties August 15, 1976 until his first retirement in August 1996. The church's congregation grew nearly five times under his leadership from 250 to 1200. Troy was awarded the Poindexter award by
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