Church faces ouster for allowing pro-gay group to meet
A Kentucky Baptist church faces ouster from its local association for providing meeting space for a group opposed to discrimination against gays.
The credentials committee of Daviess-McLean Baptist Association is recommending expulsion of the Journey Fellowship Baptist Church in Owensboro for allowing a chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays to hold monthly meetings at the church.
“Journey Fellowship has given the appearance to not only the community but also to members of the Daviess-McLean Baptist Association that Journey Fellowship supports those beliefs by allowing that organization to meet within its facilities,” Jerry Tooley, director of missions for the 56-church association, told WTVW-FOX 7 in Evansville, Ind.
According to its national website, PFLAG exists to work toward a society that embraces all persons regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity. Program goals include anti-bullying, employment discrimination and full inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons into their chosen communities of faith.