...I noticed that no one has answered regarding the scenario I posted, so I'll repeat it: What if the SBC started affirming and accepting homosexual ordinations and marriages, and a majority of a local church voted to disaffiliate with the SBC over this matter, but there was a clause in the church constitution such as mentioned here. The majority who voted to disaffiliate would have to leave and turn over their church to the apostate minority. Now, how does that line up with the historic Baptist principle of local church autonomy?
Okay, I will directly answer the question!!!
(assuming - our church constitution required by
2/3 vote if the church voted out of the SBC then property would go to association)
First if- and thats a big IF - if the SBC went to that extreme liberalism - I would request the church change its constitution to rescind that provision.
Next - we would stop all funding of the SBC
Third (after consulting with a lawyer) we would then vote to disaffiliate with the SBC.
Now, if the church body refused to change the constitution (say the vote was 60% to leave - which would be short of the 2/3 required -and there was no reasonable chance of changing some minds - I would leave the SBC, and I trust as well as the other 60% who voted with me.
Okay, we loose the building - but it is only a building. But we would be standing on truth and that is much more important. A wonderful time at our church, (that I mentioned in a previous post) is when we regrouped - found a new building and prepped it for worship services.
As for me and my family - we will serve the Lord.
-Joshua 24:25