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AT CHURCH EXPELLED OM BAPTIST WORK FOR LGBTQ STANCE BY BRIDGET SPENCER, FOX 7 AT PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 15, 2016 NEWS FOX 7 AT SHARE COPY LK EMAIL FACEBOOK TWTER LKEDIN REDD A BAPTIST CHURCH WORK HAS EXPELLED TWO TEXAS CHURCH FOR OPENLY ALLOWG MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ MUNY TO BE ACTIVELY A PART OF THEIR NGREGATNS AND, SERVE LEARSHIP ROL. “WE HAVE PERFORMED GAY WEDDGS, WE HAVE DONE DITNS OF GAY LEARSHIP, WE HAVE CELEBRATED CHILDREN ON GAY UPL AND WE WILL PROUDLY NTUE TO DO ALL OF THOSE THGS, SAID REV. DR. GRIFF MART, SENR PASTOR OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AT. THAT IS WHAT THE BAPTIST GENERAL CONVENTN OF TEXAS HAS A PROBLEM WH. TUDAY THEY PASSED TWO MOTNS SCRIBG WHY A CHURCH SHOULD BE REMOVED OM THEIR FELLOWSHIP. ONE WAS THE LONGSTANDG VIEW ON BIBLIL SEXUALY. THEY SAY MARRIAGE OUTSI OF A MAN AND WOMAN IS OUTSI OF HARMON BAPTIST AT BELIEVE SAME SEX MARRIAGE IS ACCEPTABLE, THEREFORE THEY ARE WHDRAWN OM THE BGCT. “THEY SAID THERE ARE CHURCH WHHOLDG FUNDS OM OUR NVENTN, UNTIL A CHURCH LIKE YOURS WHO WEL EVERYBODY IS EXCLUD OM OUR FELLOWSHIP. THAT WAS DISHEARTENG BEE WHAT A CHURCH HAS TO DO IS STOP LISTENG TO MONEY, SAID MART. THE NVENTN SAYS THEY ARE WELG AND LOVG BUT ,WHILE THEY WELE, THEY DON'T AGREE WH THE SAME SEX LIFTYLE. “WHEN THEY ME AND SAID YOUR STANCE ON THIS, YOU WON’T F ANYMORE OUR NVENTN, I WASN'T SURPRISED I WAS SAD. IT'S JT ONE MORE EXAMPLE MY OPN OF THE CHURCH DOG THE WRONG THG,” SAID MART. THE CHURCH SAYS WASN'T EASY FOR THE NGREGATN TO ACCEPT THEIR AFFIRMATN FOR THE LGBTQ MUNY AT FIRST. “WE WERE SRED WE WERE GOG TO LOSE A LOT OF PEOPLE AND WE DID LOSE SOME. BUT WE DIDN'T LOSE A LOT AND THOSE WE LOST, HURT,” SAID NATALIE VGHN, MEMBER. FIRST BAPTIST SAYS REGARDLS OF THEIR EXPULSN, THEY HOPE TO MOVE FORWARD WH THEIR MISSNS AND TEACHGS. “WHEN WE SAY E AS YOU ARE, WE TLY MEAN THAT. WE DON'T MEAN E AS YOU ARE BEE WE'RE GOG TO CHANGE YOU,” SAID MART. THE BGCT SAYS THIS HAS LONG BEEN THEIR STANCE ON SAME SEX MARRIAGE, SO IS NOTHG NEW. FIRST BAPTIST AND THE OTHER CHURCH DALLAS, WILSHIRE BAPTIST, BOTH GOT LETTERS LAST WEEK AGO THREATENG THEIR EXPULSN. FIRST BAPTIST SAYS IS LOOKG AT JOG ANOTHER CHURCH FELLOWSHIP AT THIS TIME. DAILY NEWSLETTER
RMN works for full equaly membership, ordatn, and marriage for God’s lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr at FUMC. 2002: The Alphi Class of FUMC, by an affirmative vote of 80 percent, be the first Rencilg muny at FUMC (clarg that we weled, celebrated, and would advote for our lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer siblgs) and the first Rencilg Sunday school class the Uned Stat. September 24, 2017: The ngregatn of FUMC, prott of the nomatn’s anti-gay polici, clar by an affirmative vote of 93 percent that will no longer perform weddgs for anyone until n offer marriage ceremoni to same-sex upl.
In 2013 Society for Pentestal Studi Print Pl Alexanr triggered an vtigatn om his AoG District after proposg that the largt and most proment amic society wh the Pentestal tradn should be open to the promotn of homosexual, transgenr and tersex “reali” as fahful reprentatns of Pentestal and Charismatic Christiany. The Texas Lbian Gay Bisexual Transgenr Queer (LGBTQ) Chambers of Commerce is a aln of the At LGBT Chamber of Commerce, Greater Hoton LGBT Chamber of Commerce, North Texas LGBT Chamber of Commerce, and San Anton LGBT Chamber of Commerce.