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News and commentary about the anti-gay lobbyJuly 24th, 2007
Former Presidents Carter and Clinton are part of a move to try and unite Baptists of varying political ideologies and religious wings under a common goal: promoting evangelism, fighting poverty and supporting religious freedom.
This admirable effort tries to bring together liberals and conservatives and provide goals upon which all can agree. However, this convergence of Baptists is not without its controversy. The nation’s largest denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention, is not participating in an official capacity because it no longer is a member of North American Baptist Fellowship or the Baptist World Alliance and some conservative Baptists claim that this is discriminatory against them.
But lest we think that this event is for all Baptists who want to be in fellowship and brotherhood, the NABF has identified that one characteristic that Baptists must share:
The North American Baptist Fellowship, under whose auspices next year’s “Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant” is being held, has informed the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists and the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America that they cannot join NABF. Therefore, they cannot be official participants in the event.
Both groups are gay-friendly, you see, and that appears to be the attribute that trumps all others when deciding who is really a Baptist.
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Emproph
July 25th, 2007
That whole article in the link reminds me of this verse:
Which to me, expounds on this verse, the most important one in my opinion:
But the paragraph just after the one you quoted said:
It seems that the Bible is clear that one thing must be resolved before the other. Much of this sentiment was expressed in the link, that the current injuries OF church behavior must be resolved before they can even move forward AS a church.
It’s like they’re trying to see the forest for the trees without having defined the meaning of trees first.
Jarred
July 26th, 2007
So the solution is to exclude only the pro-gay members from the “unified voice”? That strikes me as illogical, as it gives the anti-gay members full control. A more honest solution would be to exclude any group that takes any strong stance on the topic. That or else require all members to “agree to disagree” on the topic of sexual orientation for the time being and focus on other matters.
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