Kentucky Baptists want gay-friendly church out

[theHandpuppet]

Kentucky Baptists want gay-friendly church out
By DYLAN LOVAN
Associated Press
October 10, 2014

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky Baptists will vote later this year on whether to sever ties with a Louisville member church that says it is open to performing gay marriages.

A committee of the Kentucky Baptist Convention voted Thursday to end its relationship with Crescent Hill Baptist Church. The Louisville church last year announced that sexual orientation and gender identity would not be a factor in hiring, ordinations or in performing marriage services within its congregation.

"We're grieved by Crescent Hill's departure from biblical teaching and Baptist beliefs," Paul Chitwood, the Baptist Convention's executive director, said in a statement on the convention's website Friday. "Our love for all people, including those who practice homosexuality, requires us to speak the truth about sin even when we are speaking it to one another."

The Baptist Convention's Committee on Credentials found that the church was no longer "in friendly cooperation" with Kentucky Baptists. The action was taken after a series of private discussions between church leaders and the Baptist Convention, the statement said....

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[TlalocW]

1. Yay for schisms!

Pass the popcorn.

TlalocW

[GeorgeGist]

2. What would they say ...

if they knew Jesus was gay.