Kentucky Baptists are mad as hell and they aren’t going to take take this tolerance crap anymore:
Kentucky Baptists have voted to sever ties with a Louisville church that is open to performing same-sex marriages.
Baptist leaders from around the state gathered Tuesday in Bowling Green for the Kentucky Baptist Convention’s annual meeting. They voted overwhelmingly to end their longstanding relationship with Crescent Hill Baptist Church.
The church’s radical mission statement:
We believe that God loves all people without condition. Therefore, at Crescent Hill you will find a diverse community of faith including people of various races, ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientation, and world-views.
Nonetheless, it’s all far too much sin for the Kentucky Baptist Convention:
Kentucky Baptist Convention Executive Director Paul Chitwood explained the organization’s position on the matter in October.
“We’re all sinners and we recognize that, but for a church to say ‘we’re going to endorse the sin, we’re going to call what the Bible calls wrong, [and] call it right’, that becomes the issue,” Chitwood said.
The church is moving forward with their first same-sex marriage next month, convinced they are on the right side of history. See an interview with Crescent Hill Baptist Church pastor Jason Crosby here.
November 16, 2014 9:59 AM
