One-Fifth of United Methodist U.S. Congregations Leaving Over LGBTQ+ Issues
Most of those leaving are conservative, as it's expected the church will soon adopt more LGBTQ-affirming policies.
July 7, 2023
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A Queer Takeover at the Southern Baptist Convention
A pro-LGBT organization is out to let faith groups know the harm that lack of acceptance does to LGBT kids -- and it did just that recently in Phoenix.
July 11, 2017
Southern Baptist Leader Renounces 'Reparative' Therapy
Russell Moore acknowledges that so-called ex-gay therapy is "severely counterproductive."
October 28, 2014
Southern Baptists Expel Gay-Accepting Church
Baptist leaders ousted New Heart Community Church in California over the congregation's decision to accept a variety of views on homosexuality, after a pastor's powerful sermon about his son's coming-out.
September 24, 2014
Southern Baptists OK Quitting the Boy Scouts
A resolution from the Southern Baptist Convention offers support to Baptist churches that choose to cut ties with the Boy Scouts after the organization decided to admit openly gay youth.
June 12, 2013
Southern Baptists Votes to Expel LGBTQ-Affirming Church
College Park Baptist Church in North Carolina says it's not even a member of the Southern Baptist Convention.
September 21, 2022
'God and the Gay Christian': Southern Baptist Leader Objects
A new book by a YouTube phenom says gay Christians must be welcomed in the church. But a prominent evangelical leader disagrees.
April 23, 2014
Kentucky Southern Baptists Consider Expelling LGBT-Affirming Churches
If churches drop a ban on LGBT employees, they're "redefining sin," says the president of the Kentucky Baptist Convention.
November 27, 2017
Southern Baptists Vote on Trans Existence
The Southern Baptist Convention has adopted a resolution urging lawmakers to oppose legal protections for trans individuals and reinforcing biblical concepts of womanly subservience.
June 12, 2014
Southern Baptists Say Same-Sex Marriage Is Not a Civil Right
Supporters of same-sex marriage have 'misappropriated the rhetoric of the Civil Rights Movement,' the denomination says.
June 20, 2012
Anti-LGBT Southern Baptist Official Resigns Over 'Inappropriate' Relationship
The nature of what Frank Page calls an "indiscretion" hasn't been revealed.
March 29, 2018
Southern Baptists Vote, Still Don't Back Marriage Equality
The resolution approved Tuesday reaffirms the faith group's longstanding opposition to marriage equality, 'no matter how the Supreme Court rules.'
June 17, 2015
Southern Baptist Slams Bushes for Witnessing Lesbian Wedding
The President of the Southern Baptists Theological Seminary says attending the same-sex wedding of a friend cannot be a 'neutral act.'
October 4, 2013
Southern Baptist Conference Wrap-Up: Shifting Rhetoric, Maintaining Anti-LGBT Beliefs
While some LGBT and allied voices advocated for change, the Southern Baptist Convention event in Nashville largely reflected the leadership's continued opposition to LGBT equality and acceptance.
October 30, 2014
Top Southern Baptist Blames Gays For N. Korea's War Threat
During a recent radio interview, Fred Luter claimed Kim Jong-un's threats to attack America were the result of debates on marriage equality and gays in the Boy Scouts.
March 31, 2013
Op-ed: There's Room Under the Bus for All of Us
One man's workplace was also his closet door: the Southern Baptist Church.
July 30, 2014
New Poll: LGBT Issues a Civil Rights Matter, Marriage Equality 'Inevitable'
The poll, by a Southern Baptist-affiliated firm, finds many Americans disagreeing with the church's antigay dogma.
March 13, 2013
Catholic Outreach to Gays With a Catch: Celibacy
Like the recent Southern Baptist conference, the Notre Dame event reflects denomination leaders shifting their tone toward LGBT people without becoming affirming.
November 5, 2014
WATCH: Anderson Cooper Presses Baptist Leader on North Korea Statements
Cooper calls out Southern Baptist Convention president Fred Luter on his statement connecting LGBT progress to North Korean threats to attack the U.S.
April 5, 2013