GRAND FORKS — The governing board of the Northlands Rescue Mission has been tight-lipped about the firing of Executive Director Everett C. Jones Sr., but a member of a Grand Forks church said he received an email from the Mission’s interim executive director outlining new allegations, including how Jones allegedly treated staff and made decisions without approval.

Ben Williams, a member of Grace Baptist Church, said church members had been concerned about the Mission's direction throughout the last decade and were questioning whether to continue providing the organization with financial support. Earlier this year, they met with Jones.

"We were all on board," Williams said was the gist of the conversation. "We loved the direction you were taking the Mission."

However, Jones was abruptly

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