Two Savannah churches merging over LGBTQ+ rights Share Updated: 6:18 PM EDT Jul 14, 2021 Share Updated: 6:18 PM EDT Jul 14, 2021
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Show Transcript TWO LOCAL CHURCHES ARE NOW JOININFORCG ES AFTER BREAKING AWAY FROM THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OVER L-G- B-T-Q RIGHTS. THE PASTORS FROM ASBY UR MEMORIAL CHURCH AND WESLEY OAK CHURCH MADE THE ANNOUNCMENT THIS MORNING. ASBURY DIS- AFFILIATED FROM THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH .. OVER ITS STANCE ON L-G- B-T-Q RIGHTS LAST SEPTEMBER .. WLEHI WESLEY OAK JUST RECENTLY HAD ITS SEPARATION APPROVED. CHURCHES ARE NOT BEG IN INCLUSIVE THAT WE FELT THAT WE JUST NEEDED TO FOLLOW OUR HEARTS, OUR LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER, OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO HAVE BEEN HAEDRM IN THIS WAY. I SEE THIS AS A GREAT PLUS FOR DIVERSITY TO BE CEBRLEATED IN MANY WAYS, NOT JUST WITH LBGT COMMUNITY, BUT IN ALL WAYS . FOR NOW .. BOTH CHURCHES WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD SEPARATE SERVICES. THERE