Yelp Is Corrupt And Their Reviews Are Dishonest

In November of 2024, I posted the following negative review of the shameful SMYRNA BAPTIST CHURCH located at 7000 N. Pensacola Avenue in the city of Pensacola, Florida, which Yelp rejected. The refused to include this review in their overall rating, which upset me greatly. Unfortunately, there was nothing I could do. I did email the company to ask what was going on, but they shirked the blame off on their computer's algorithm, claiming that it does what it wants and they have no control over it. So, I removed my review since they wouldn't honor it. Here is my unedited review...

I DO NOT recommend this church. The Pastor woefully lacks personal concern and compassion for people. I attended the church for several months but the senior pastor never welcomed me. When I shared my broken life with him, he never offered to pray with me. He didn't care. The senior pastor has denim without lace, strength without beauty, toughness without love.

I believe the church is always 80% empty because of their bad attitudes, and the horrible way that they mistreat people. When I kindly asked for some water to drink at their Memorial Day movie, the pastor's wife rudely asked me why didn't I get something to drink outside at their earlier picnic. I almost walked out the door. It matters how you treat people.

I am so hurt, disgusted and disappointed with their senior pastor. I DO NOT recommend this horrible place to anybody, unless you want to play church three times a week, and be part of a superficial cult that preaches Lordship Salvation. The church uses Chick Tracts which pervert the true meaning of repentance, requiring you to be willing to forsake your sinful bad habits to go to Heaven. That is not a free grace Gospel.

People just want to be loved. The way that you treat people matters, it really does. Positions are temporary, ranks and titles are limited, but the way you treat people will always be remembered.

Also, the Smyrna church auditorium literally smells like a cheap musty hotel. It was offensive to my nose. I don't know if it is the carpeting or what, but it smells bad. My nose did adjust to it some over time, but the smell didn't go away. First impressions are lasting impressions.

RUN from Smyrna Baptist Church!

Thank you for reading.

On December 17th, 2024 I removed my review. Yelp wanted to know why, so here is my unedited response to their inquiry...

Yelp wrongly refuses to be honest, to include my negative review in Smyrna Baptist Church's overall rating, for which I don't know why. I have already contacted yelp kindly to ask why my review isn't being posted, but was told that your computer does what it wants. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH MY NEGATIVE REVIEW. It is very honest and within your website's guidelines. Yelp is clearly discriminating against me for some reason, protecting a bad church. Shame on Yelp.

I need say no more, Yelp is a dishonest, uncaring and corrupt business (their company is listed on the New York stock exchange). RUN from Yelp! I DO NOT recommend them to anyone, because you CANNOT trust Yelp's reviews. Since Yelp is being biased, prejudicial and discriminatory in the reviews that people post, there is no way of knowing if a company if legitimate or not. YELP CENSORS FREE SPEECH!!! Therefore, you simply CANNOT TRUST YELP'S REVIEWS, because they are biased based on what the corrupt company filters out.