Southern Baptists want to oust gay-inclusive member church
”[The Broadway Baptist] membership knows [some couples are openly homosexual] and has entrusted them with positions of church leadership…. The church has not risen up and said homosexuality is wrong.”
Rev. Bart Barber, a Southern Baptist Convention delegate explaining why a North Carolina pastor, Rev. Bill Sanderson, has called for Broadway Baptist of Texas to be ousted from and disassosciated with the Southern Baptists. At the root of the matter is the request by some Broadway Baptist gay couples to have their portraits included in a church directory. (Star-Telegram.com)
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