Baptist Convention Refuses Gay Deacons in Texas
May 30, 2010 by Gay Agenda News Team
One Baptist church in Texas decided that being gay wasn’t such a bad thing after all, and actually decided to allow openly gay deacons to serve the church.
One Baptist church in Texas is no longer recognized by the Baptist General Convention of Texas.
According to an article at Christian Post:
The Baptist General Convention of Texas voted this week to distance itself from a North Dallas congregation over its acceptance of gay deacons.
The vote on Tuesday against Royal Lane Baptist Church was in keeping with the convention’s stance that homosexual behavior is sinful.
“This situation has been painful, but it has not been difficult for me,” Texas Baptists Executive Director Randel Everett said to the executive board.
So, the question is; Are those who attend the accepting church simply no longer Baptist?
Will this be the beginning of a trend? Will more congregations follow? They always say things are bigger in Texas. I suppose religious controversy is no exception to that rule.
Each Baptist church has always sought to be independant. While there are financial advantages to being a part of the Southern Baptist Convention and/or the Baptist General Convention of Texas (as in the pooling of resources and information, common missionary groups, connections with Baptist Universities, etc.), it has never been mandatory that each Baptist Church join those organizations. There are other, more tolerant, Baptist organizations for a North Dallas congregation to ally itself with. Many Baptist Churches in Atlanta, for example, have separated themselves from the Southern Baptist Convention because of its intolerant and regressive positions and they are doing quite well, while the SBC has suffered a loss of membership and prestige.
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