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Southern Baptists oust LGBTQ friendly churches in Georgia, Kentucky
Updated Feb 23, 2021;
Posted Feb 23, 2021
FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 18, 2019 file photo, Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear speaks to the denomination s executive committee in Nashville, Tenn., after a newspaper investigation revealed hundreds of sexual abuse cases by Southern Baptist ministers and lay leaders over the past two decades. In his opening speech to the 2021 executive committee meeting, he said, “We should mourn when closet racists and neo-Confederates feel more at home in our churches than do many of our people of color.” (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)AP
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St. Matthews Baptist lost their affiliation with the Kentucky Baptist Convention in 2018 because they made financial contributions to a group that hired LGBTQ staff.
<p>(February 24, 2021) The Southern Baptist Convention has ousted two churches over policies deemed to be too inclusive of LGBTQ people and two more for employing pastors convicted of sex offenses. The actions came at an executive committee meeting marked by warnings that the country's largest Protestant denomination was hurting itself with internal divisions.</p>
Southern Baptists oust 4 churches for LGBTQ inclusion or employing pastors convicted of sex offenses
The two churches expelled for LGBTQ inclusion are St. Matthews Baptist Church in Kentucky and Towne View Baptist Church in Georgia Share Updated: 9:14 AM EST Feb 24, 2021
Southern Baptists oust 4 churches for LGBTQ inclusion or employing pastors convicted of sex offenses
The two churches expelled for LGBTQ inclusion are St. Matthews Baptist Church in Kentucky and Towne View Baptist Church in Georgia Share Updated: 9:14 AM EST Feb 24, 2021
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