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North Carolina Baptists Expel Gay-Friendly Church

Adelle M. Banks

A year after the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina adopted a policy that states that churches can be expelled if they affirm gay people in their pews, a Charlotte church has been removed for welcoming gays to its leadership. Myers Park Baptist Church is no longer considered to be “in friendly cooperation” with the state convention after a vote on Tuesday. This action follows a move four years ago by the same convention to expel McGill Baptist Church in Concord, N.C., for not repudiating the lifestyle of two gay men it baptized.

See Biblical Recorder story here. See The Charlotte Observer story here. See Myers Park Baptist statements here.

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