Mississippi city denies church proposed by “Father Jesus”

GULFPORT, Miss. — Even Father Jesus isn’t above the law of man.

A Mississippi city has denied a proposal for a church by a man named Father Jesus, saying he failed to have a professional engineer draw up the plans.

Jesus said the church he’s calling “Saints of the Most High” wouldn’t be very big — just 12-feet by 24-feet (27 sq. meters), and he’d begin with just three members.

The Sun Herald of Biloxi reports that area residents questioned what Jesus stands for during a Gulfport Planning Commission meeting on Thursday.