Rebecca Nichols Alonzo

Most have met controlling people, we see them everywhere, and they often lose all sight of reality as they are willing to go to any lengths to have their way and protect their power. This man is awful, but so true to type.

Unfortunately, we see more of this each day in our current America, but this evil man is just too evil and horrible for words. Read this four years ago and his evilness is unforgettable - especially as he hides within a church.

Rebecca never felt safe as a child. In 1969, her father, Robert Nichols, moved to Sellerstown, North Carolina, to serve as a pastor. There he found a small community eager to welcome him - with one exception. Glaring at him from pew number seven was a man obsessed with controlling the church. Determined to get rid of anyone who stood in his way, he unleashed a plan of terror that was more devastating and violent than the Nichols family could have ever imagined. Refusing to be driven away by acts of intimidation, Rebecca's father stood his ground until one night when an armed man walked into the familys kitchen...and Rebecca's life was shattered.

If anyone had a reason to harbor hatred and seek personal revenge, it would be Rebecca. Yet The Devil in Pew Number Seven tells a different story. It is the amazing true saga of relentless persecution, one family's faith and courage in the face of it, and a daughter whose parents taught her the power of forgiveness.… (more)

This is a true story of how the author and her family were terrorized during the 1970s. As you go through the book, you will read of one horror after another - thinking it can't get any worse - but it does. It all begins in Sellerstown, NC. Pastor Nichols and his wife move to Sellerstown to pastor a local church. It is there that they meet up with the most powerful man in the community - Mr. Watts. H.J. Watts has a stranglehold on everything including the church. The battle begins when Pastor Nichols makes changes that strip H.J. Watts of his power over the church. It is a disturbing book, yet it delivers a powerful message of forgiveness with a pleasantly surprising ending. (Keep a Kleenex box close by.)… (more)