Baptist Press: Split among American Baptists over homosexuality is final

Gold Dragon · Dec 6, 2006

This is actually old news but I searched and didn't see it discussed in the past. I was surprised when I found out about this since I hadn't seen discussions about it here. It happened in May of this year and I think it is important enough to be discussed.

Baptist Press: Split among American Baptists over homosexuality is final

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Following the approval of a large majority of its churches, the board of the American Baptist Churches Pacific Southwest region voted unanimously May 11 to withdraw from its covenant relationship with its parent denomination. The board's action makes final the separation of the 300-church region from the American Baptist Churches (USA) in Valley Forge, Pa.

The decision comes after eight months of discussion and a vote on the part of the region's churches in late April to recommend that the board withdraw over the refusal of the ABC (USA) to deal with the acceptance of churches with lax policies on homosexuality in the denomination.

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Edit: I found a few old threads about the topic that I must have missed.
http://www.baptistboard.com/showthread.php?t=5152&highlight=pacific+southwest
http://www.baptistboard.com/showthread.php?t=4285&highlight=pacific+southwest

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