Schisms over religious issues can cause squirming in the pews.

But 100 years ago this month, a local Texarkana church became the center of a religious controversy that put one of its preachers in the hot seat.

The charge was heresy and the minister was the Rev. Dr. F.E. Maddox, pastor of First Presbyterian Church. He was tried and convicted by the Ouachita Presbytery, the regional governing body for the Presbyterian Church USA at the time.

Some thought him a heretic for his beliefs and teaching on salvation and inspiration of Scripture, but others hailed him...

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