Two elders have resigned from Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, saying the mega-church’s new pastor is retaliating against his critics.

Divisions deepened at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, the Fort Lauderdale mega-church, as two elders resigned Tuesday night following the first service of a breakaway congregation on Sunday. The two have accused Pastor Tullian Tchividjian and his officers of retaliating against members who tried to have him fired, criticisms that Coral Ridge officials have denied.

I’m not trying to fuel any fire. I just couldn’t agree with the course of the leadership,” said Dan Westphal, who resigned from the church’s board of elders along with Roy Christie. “We had a golden opportunity to reconcile rather than be punitive.”