A Kennesaw church was among four churches disfellowshipped by the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee on Tuesday. Towne View Baptist Church was one of two churches expelled for “affirming homosexuality within their memberships.’
The Southern Baptist Convention’s executive committee voted Tuesday to oust four of its churches, two over policies deemed to be too inclusive of LGBTQ .
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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.