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KENNESAW, Ga. — Two weeks after being kicked out of the Southern Baptist Convention, Towne View Baptist Church celebrated its 32nd anniversary by formally accepting members the SBC believes they should have turned away.  One by one, Pastor Jim Conrad introduced seven new members, which in the Baptist tradition have to be approved by a majority of the congregation. He didn’t mention that Brockton Bates and his partner Skyler were gay nor that another new member was transgender. He didn’t ...

Add this share Pastor Jim Conrad said the Southern Baptist Convention cutting ties with his church will open a new chapter for the Kennesaw congregation. (Image courtesy Towne View Baptist Church) The Southern Baptist Convention cut ties with a Kennesaw church over its decision to accept LGBTQ members, but the church is sticking by its new policy and receiving acclaim from across the U.S. “If three to five percent of the population – somehow in God’s wisdom – is not straight or cisgende...

A committee that oversees more than 50,000 Southern Baptist churches voted to oust congregations in Kentucky and Georgia this week, over policies deemed to be too inclusive of the LGBTQ community. Southern Baptist Convention leaders expelled a Louisville church and Towne View Baptist Church in Kennesaw, Georgia.

Southern Baptists oust St. Matthews church over LGBTQ inclusion Share Updated: 5:52 PM EST Feb 23, 2021 WLKY Digital Team TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE Share Updated: 5:52 PM EST Feb 23, 2021 WLKY Digital Team The Southern Baptist Convention’s executive committee voted Tuesday to oust four of its churches -- one of which is in St. Matthews.St. Matthews Baptist Church was one of two churches expelled over having policies deemed to be too inclusi...

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 Chur...

"The church’s adopted membership and leadership standard affirm homosexual behavior and therefore the church does not have a faith and practice which closely identifies with the Convention’s adopted statement of faith."

The Southern Baptist Convention had to oust the two churches for Affirmation of Homosexuality.

Georgia SBC church faces banishment for accepting LGBTQ members As the South changes, its dominant denomination faces defining decisions over inclusion. Towne View Baptist Church in Kennesaw, Georgia. Photo by Maina Mwaura February 19, 2021 (RNS) — When the Reynolds started attending Towne View Baptist Church in Kennesaw, Georgia, in 2019 after moving to the Atlanta suburb next door, they felt as if they had found a spiritual home. Midwesterners who had grown up in Baptist churc...

Towne View Baptist Church in Kennesay, Ga. also lost 30% of its membership for being LGBTQ-inclusive.