Here's a news story from my childhood hometown, reported by the Boston Globe.  The First American Baptist Church of Whitman, MA has just ejected its pastor.  This pastor came from a different Baptist church based in Holbrook that closed down in 2005, bringing his old congregation with him.

The problem, apparently, is that the First American Baptist Church is of the "American Baptist" sect, and the new pastor is not.  He's an independent Baptist. The two groups don't appear to be mixing well, and there is mention of the pastor changing locks on the office doors and disallowing the former church clerk entry.  And so the former clerk began a movement to oust the pastor, which has gained much support and ultimately succeeded.

...While [Reverend] Fernandez claimed the two congregations merged, Judge Frances McIntyre, in her ruling, said the two congregations remained virtually separate for the next year and a half.

"The issue here appears to be two fundamentally different religious groups competing for control of property which has historically belonged to one of the groups," McIntyre wrote...

..."He's a wonderful preacher. He's just not a believer in American Baptists," [former church clerk Jean] Porter said of Fernandez. "It's in our church constitution that this is an American Baptist Church. That's our denomination, and has been for over 100 years. He's an independent Baptist. It's as simple as that."...

I don't pretend to understand the differences between the two sects, but I think it a little sad that they can't get along well enough to share the same church.  Then again at least one of the differences would have made me want to throw out the new pastor too:

...Eric Grey, associate executive minister for administration and finance for the American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts, said there are certain differences in the tenets among the Baptist sects. "One is that we affirm women in the ministry," he said. Grey said the American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts are "standing with the First Baptist Church of Whitman" in their court case against Fernandez...

(Emphasis mine.)  Yeah, I can see where a new guy coming in and saying, "no more female ministers" might annoy people.  (Then again, I don't think the Reverend did that.)  According to the article Rev. Fernandez negotiated a move to the Whitman church on the agreement that he would become certified as an American Baptist, which he did not do.  There is also mention of money being drained from a church account--all in all not a happy affair.

Perhaps the most annoying thing are the concluding remarks from the Reverend:

...Fernandez, meanwhile, said losing the Whitman building "doesn't matter" to him. "What is disappointing is the people who showed they were willing to sacrifice all these members of the congregation for a building."...

According to those who opposed him, it wasn't about "the building".  It was about him failing to meet his end of an agreement to become certified by the American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts.  It makes him seem just a little bit... sly--thinking perhaps that he would promise the certification, but then win over the congregation during Sunday services and not bother.

I don't highlight this story out of any "atheist superiority complex"--there are definitely different schools of thought among atheists, and not all of us get along.  I mostly highlight the story because it is from my hometown, and because I'm sad these two groups couldn't work something out.