Southern Baptist Church Now Acceptg Gay Church Members

Contents:

• BAPTIST CHURCH VOT TO OK GAY MARRIAGE
• 3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
• THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTN PASS ROLUTN ON GAY MARRIAGE
• WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
• SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH NOW ACCEPTG GAY CHURCH MEMBERS
• BAPTIST CHURCH TAK STAND FOR GAY MARRIAGE
• RSIAN NSTUTN CHANGE ENDS HOP FOR GAY MARRIAGE

BAPTIST CHURCH VOT TO OK GAY MARRIAGE

The church has long clud members who are openly gay and two years ago ordaed a gay an.

It was one of the church the area to part ways wh the Southern Baptist Conventn over disagreement wh polici such as the nventn’s membership ban on church which “act to affirm, approve or endorse homosexual behavr. It has weled gay people sce 1976, when s General Conventn cid that “homosexual persons are children of God who have a full and equal claim wh all other persons upon the love, acceptance, and pastoral ncern and re of the Church. The Supreme Court lg earlier this year legalizg same-sex marriage natnwi has ntued to raise qutns about how the cisn will affect relig groups – pecially those that rema opposed to allowg gay and lbian upl to wed.

) (not to be nfed wh the Prbyterian Church Ameri, which oppos same-sex marriage) and the Epispal Church have wrtled wh the issue for years, often as part of a larger bate on the role of gays and lbians the church. Frank Schaefer, a Methodist pastor who had performed a same-sex marriage ceremony for his gay son. Schaefer’s se has spl the church, wh some clergy floutg the l and marryg same-sex upl and other, more nservative members threateng to leave if the church do not hold to s current l prohibg gay marriage.

3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE

Overall, a solid majory of whe male Prottants (62%) now favor allowg gays and lbians to wed, wh jt 33% opposed, acrdg to a 2015 Pew Rearch Center survey. A siar share (63%) say there is “no nflict” between their relig beliefs and homosexualy.

A Southern Baptist church announced this past Sunday that would warmly embrace homosexual church members or lears. 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.

THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTN PASS ROLUTN ON GAY MARRIAGE

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.

WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE

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. Conrad claimed that New Ttament passag forbiddg homosexualy only refer to male prostutn and i.

Bart Barber, reference to this SBC Church embracg homosexualy.

The board’s actn mak fal the separatn of the 300-church regn om the Amerin Baptist Church (USA) Valley Fe, cisn after eight months of discsn and a vote on the part of the regn’s church late April to remend that the board whdraw over the refal of the ABC (USA) to al wh the acceptance of church wh lax polici on homosexualy the nomatn.

SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH NOW ACCEPTG GAY CHURCH MEMBERS

Many of the nomatn’s self-erng regns, such as the Evergreen Associatn Washgton and the Rochter-Genee regn New York, openly accept church disassociated om other regns bee they accept unrepentant homosexuals as members.

The Indiana-Kentucky regn has also proposed a change the nomatn’s bylaws that will not allow church to transfer to another regn when removed over the issue of homosexualy.

Homosexualy-iendly regns oppose the new bylaw and have petned to reject the proposed whdrawal of the Pacific Southwt regn, wh s church California, Hawaii, Nevada and Arizona, touched off a wave of rpons om lears of the ABC (USA). The group supports the appotment of openly homosexual misters and the acceptance of the homosexual liftyle Baptist Print Ken Perks said his anizatn has no official posn on the spl between the Pacific Southwt regn and the ABC (USA), but that he believed homosexualy should not be a dividg issue. “I believe is possible to mata uny the ABC whout doctral agreement over homosexualy, ” Perks said.

BAPTIST CHURCH TAK STAND FOR GAY MARRIAGE

Perks said he did not know what other regns might do rponse to the whdrawal of the Pacific Southwt regn, but his rponse reveals the growg number of Amerin Baptist regns that wele church open to the acceptance of the homosexual liftyle. ”But the members of the Pacific Southwt regn’s board sist that they ma the right cisn by followg the teachgs of Scripture on homosexualy the church. He said the letter that “homosexualy is patible wh Christian teachg.

RSIAN NSTUTN CHANGE ENDS HOP FOR GAY MARRIAGE

The Southern Baptist Conventn whdrew om the BWA last year, part, after the anizatn refed to addrs the issue of the acceptance of homosexualy the Amerin Baptist church. Southwtern Baptist Theologil Semary Print Paige Patterson, then a member of the SBC’s BWA study mtee, said Southern Baptists uld “no longer afford to be aligned any way” wh any group that ndon the practice of homosexualy church. A 2008 study tled What the Bible Really Says About Homosexualy by former Pullen pastor Jack McKney warned agast takg the Bible too lerally.