Monday, November 12, 2007
They ain't Baptists, they's Christians!
String 'em up!
Anybody got any string?
Apologies for the old Stan Freberg joke but it seems appropriate here. There is a church in North Carolina that's about to be tossed out of the NC Coven of Southern Baptists for welcoming all people to their worship, including (gasp!) homosexuals.
Anybody got any string?
Apologies for the old Stan Freberg joke but it seems appropriate here. There is a church in North Carolina that's about to be tossed out of the NC Coven of Southern Baptists for welcoming all people to their worship, including (gasp!) homosexuals.
When N.C. Baptists meet this week for their annual session, they will likely kick out a Charlotte church that has said it welcomes homosexuals as they are -- a violation of controversial rules passed at last year's state convention.Amen.
If all goes as expected, the 4,000-plus attendees at the Baptist State Convention will vote Tuesday morning to cast out Myers Park Baptist -- but only after short speeches from two of the church's leaders. One -- Nancy Walker, secretary to the church's board of deacons -- is a lesbian.
"It's important for our particular witness to be made," said the Rev. Stephen Shoemaker, Myers Park's senior minister and the other scheduled speaker Tuesday. "We think the local (Baptist) church ought to be free to interpret Scripture itself ... And we believe in the spirit of Christ, who allowed all to come to the table."
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