The Southern Baptist Conventn, the largt Prottant nomatn the Uned Stat, wh over 16 ln members, has discrimated agast gay and lbian people for more than a quarter-century.
Contents:
- SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH NOW ACCEPTG GAY CHURCH MEMBERS
- THE GEIA PASTOR WHO WELED GAY MEMBERS ON GETTG KICKED OUT OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTN
- SBC ROLUTN CHALLENG CHRISTIANS WHO SELF-INTIFY AS GAY
- SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTN HIR NASHVILLE GAY PRI SPONSOR AS NEW LEGAL COUNSEL
- SBC CHOOS GAY-AFFIRMG PASTOR AS 2020 CONFERENCE PRINT
SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH NOW ACCEPTG GAY CHURCH MEMBERS
The Southern Baptist Conventn, the largt Prottant nomatn the Uned Stat, wh over 16 ln members, has discrimated agast gay and lbian people for more than a quarter-century. In a 1996 “Rolutn on a Christian Rponse to Homosexualy, ” the SBC clared that “even a sire to engage a homosexual relatnship is always sful, impure, gradg, shameful, unnatural, cent and perverted.
THE GEIA PASTOR WHO WELED GAY MEMBERS ON GETTG KICKED OUT OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTN
In the 2000 Baptist Fah and Msage statement, the SBC equat "homosexualy" wh adultery and pornography, clarg, “In the spir of Christ, Christians should oppose … all forms of sexual immoraly, cludg adultery, homosexualy and pornography. The SBC lls on s members to a “love the sner but hate the s” approach and affirms the possibily of reorientatn om same-sex attractn and supports “ex-gay” mistri.
As the SBC webse stat: “Christians n, and should, mister to homosexuals a kd, yet firm manner. The church should never turn s back on homosexuals who are searchg and seekg to heal the hurts wh their liv.
SBC ROLUTN CHALLENG CHRISTIANS WHO SELF-INTIFY AS GAY
Homosexualy is not a ‘valid alternative liftyle. The same remptn available to all sners is available to homosexuals. It lled on "Southern Baptists not only to stand agast same-sex unns but to monstrate our love for those practicg homosexualy by sharg wh them the fivg and transformg power of the gospel of J Christ (1 Corthians 6:9-11).
SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTN HIR NASHVILLE GAY PRI SPONSOR AS NEW LEGAL COUNSEL
In June 2010, a rolutn (On Homosexualy and the Uned Stat Milary) passed that stat: “we oppose changg current law to normalize the open prence of homosexuals the armed forc, and sist on keepg the fdg of Congrs that stas current law, which stat that even ‘the prence the armed forc’ of persons monstratg ‘a propensy or tent to engage homosexual acts’ creat ‘an unacceptable risk to... Photo by Van recent nference hosted by our Ethics and Relig Liberty Commissn, entled “The Gospel, Homosexualy and the Future of Marriage, ” drew great attentn to the issue of homosexualy and homosexual behavr. Some Southern Baptists, havg read the stori, have wonred out loud if the Conventn is the procs of changg our stance regardg homosexual ERLC nference monstrated that while the ways which we as Southern Baptists engage the culture may change as culture self chang, our fundamental mment to biblil ethics regard to human sexualy has not, and will not, change.
Chang RhetoricPanelists speak durg the Southern Baptist Ethics and Relig Liberty Commissn’s nference on “The Gospel, Homosexualy and the Future of Marriage, ” held October 27–29, 2014, Nashville, Tennsee. I rarely hear the vrlic or nasty nmnatn of gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr people. While some claim that homosexualy is a chosen liftyle, others believe there is an nate predisposn or blogilly-programmed orientatn volved, who feel as if they are born wh this particular orientatn.
SBC CHOOS GAY-AFFIRMG PASTOR AS 2020 CONFERENCE PRINT
Still others argue that the biblil nmnatn of homosexual behavr such as that found Romans 1 appli only to those volved promiscuo those who say the thgs, I say this. A Southern Baptist church announced this past Sunday that would warmly embrace homosexual church members or lears.