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. 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 GEIA PASTOR WHO WELED GAY MEMBERS ON GETTG KICKED OUT OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTN
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.
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).
SBC ROLUTN CHALLENG CHRISTIANS WHO SELF-INTIFY AS GAY
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.
SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTN HIR NASHVILLE GAY PRI SPONSOR AS NEW LEGAL COUNSEL
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.
SBC CHOOS GAY-AFFIRMG PASTOR AS 2020 CONFERENCE PRINT
Followg what Reformatn Charlotte lls the logil ncln of The Gospel Coaln’s promotn of celibate gay Christiany, this church is now embracg practicg gay Christiany. The Southern Baptist Conventn has been softeng s tone on homosexualy sce Rsell Moore broke bread wh homosexuals 2014 (Albert Mohler embraced the language of ‘orientatn’ and “repented” for havg support ‘reparative therapy’ at the same nference). Sce then, SBC employe and fellows for the Ethics and Relig Liberty Commissn (ERLC) have even publicly supported the pro-gay Christian Revoice Conference.
The pastor said that addrsg the s of homosexualy was “not on his list” until someone asked if they uld bee a member while beg a homosexual, at which pot he cid that “silence is not goln.
Subsequently, bee the stggle “had a face, ” Conrad began to “study and pray, ” at which pot he began to qutn the teachg he had sce a child, that “homosexuals were sners. Then, Conrad plaed about ‘reparative therapy’ and that the church had abed homosexuals, tryg to “pray the gay away. After cg the SBC doctral statement, Conrad explaed to the ngregatn that homosexuals would be fully embraced as members and lears the church, celibate or practicg.