A committee that oversees more than 50,000 Southern Baptist churches voted to oust congregations in Kentucky and Georgia this week, over policies deemed to be too inclusive of the LGBTQ community.
Southern Baptist Convention leaders expelled a Louisville church and Towne View Baptist Church in Kennesaw, Georgia.
Towne View’s pastor, the Rev. Jim Conrad, told WABE’s “All Things Considered” host Jim Burress that he now plans to join with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, which lets churches set their own inclusive policies. Conrad said he would not appeal the executive committee’s decision.
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