Photo courtesy Nathaniel Green / New Mount Olive Tape MinistryDr. Mack King Carter of New Mount OliveThe New Mount Olive Baptist Church has chosen to honor its long-time pastor, Dr. Mack King Carter, by naming a Fort Lauderdale street after him. A noble gesture, considering the $3,500 fee, and an especially bold leap of faith when one considers the church's having already invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees to defend Carter against allegations by the church's former trustees
Flickr User: TomFlickrPhotosIn advance of his retirement next month, Rev. Mack King Carter of New Mount Olive Baptist Church has drafted an awesome wishlist. The letter containing those items was made public in a court filing Friday. Carter asks:for the title of "Pastor Emeritus." for the church pay his health insurance premiums for the next four years. the rights to the income generated by video and tapes of his sermons.for a $50,000 annual payment for the rest of his life And if that's stil
New Mount Olive's the Rev. Mack King Carter will retire a rich man, but he will not be immortalized on a Fort Lauderdale street sign. This summer, admirers of Carter had filed requests for NW Ninth Avenue, from Sunrise to Broward Boulevard, to be renamed in the pastor's honor.Fort Lauderdale Commissioner Bobby Dubose, whose third district includes New Mount Olive, told the Juice that the item had been placed on the commission's agenda "prematurely," especially since it was becoming apparent tha