SBTC removes church over homosexuality controversy

[kweerwolf]

The Southern Baptists of Texas Convention’s executive board has acted unanimously to disaffiliate a church for violating the convention’s constitutional provision concerning churches that “affirm, approve, or endorse homosexual behavior.”

The SBTC credentials committee and two SBTC staff members met Dec. 20 for one hour and 45 minutes with the pastor of Faith Harbour -- previously an SBTC congregation in Baytown -- with a redemptive aim, SBTC minister-church relations director Deron Biles wrote in a summary of the meeting.

Biles recounted that the committee hoped to clarify Faith Harbour’s stance toward a church it is helping sponsor and allowing to meet in its facilities, which bills itself on its website as welcoming and affirming of homosexual, bisexual and trangendered people.

Additionally, the new church, Eklektos, has a female senior pastor. Biles said the committee and Faith Harbour pastor Randy Haney were unable to resolve their differences over Faith Harbour’s involvement with Eklektos.

http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=22464

The Southern Bapitists are continuing a tradition of being on "the wrong side" that begin with the slavery issue.

[f-bush]

1. Typical homophobic craziness

That is why I am so thankful that I belong to a Reconciling Ministry Congregation (First United Methodist Church) Tacoma, Washington!!!

[kevinbgoode]

2. Gosh. . .and to think they are praying for Mr. Latham...er..Lotham?

you know, the Baptist pastor who was arrested soliciting oral sex from a police officer in the parking lot of the gay resort in Oklahoma City.

Baptists have to be the biggest hypocrites in this country. . .well, maybe second to the criminal behavior of the Catholics and their infamous half-century coverup of sexual abuse.

Just ONCE. . .I would like SOMEONE to point out that thousands of people have been baptized, married, had funerals officated at, sat in masses in churches being served by pedophiles. I'd love to hear someone publicly denounce that church and all those religious ceremonies as being illegit because of the criminal behavior and coverup.