A disagreement about a Middle Georgia pastor turned into a brawl inside the church Monday night and video of the chaos surfaced online.

In clips posted on YouTube, people throw punches, hurl expletives and rearrange chairs inside Greater Bellevue Baptist Church in Macon.

A Bibb County sheriff’s deputy was on standby at the church as the congregation prepared to vote on whether or not to keep the pastor, according to The Telegraph. The deputy had to call for back up when the disagreement turned physical, the newspaper reported.

It was not immediately clear if the fate of the pastor was ever decided.

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