Leaders of College Park Baptist Church in Greensboro, North Carolina, thought it was odd when the Southern Baptist Convention recently sent queries about the congregation's LGBTQ-affirming ministry. lbbtq religion kprc2 click2houston
Pastor Mike Usey poses for a portrait sitting in the pews of College Park Baptist Church in Greensboro, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. The College Park church found itself in the news last week when the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee voted to remove it from its rolls because of its open affirmation, approval and endorsement of homosexual behavior.
The College Park church found itself in the news last week when the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committeefrom its rolls because of its “open affirmation, approval and endorsement of homosexual behavior." That action came 23 years after the congregation itself voted to leave the SBC, but according to the Executive Committee, it had remained on its rolls until now.
"It’s good when people reject you because they understand clearly who you are," he said. “The irony is, they're excluding us for not excluding people.”They'd been receiving registered letters from Southern Baptist officials in recent months, explaining that the church was still listed on its rolls and seeking more information, Usey said.
Southern Baptist churches are self-governing, so the convention can't tell them what to do or believe. But the convention deems churches to be affiliates — in “friendly cooperation" — if they share its beliefs and support its ministries.
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