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Arkansas

LiberalArkie

(16,502 posts) Tue Oct 13, 2015, 12:53 PM Oct 2015

Arkansas Church Revokes Gay Man's Membership

A young Arkansas man says his church membership was revoked after revealing he is gay.

Dylan Settles said he once called Woods Chapel General Baptist Church in Brookland home, but not anymore.

"I'm a little hurt by it, but I know how they feel," said Settles.

Settles said over the weekend, he got an unexpected letter from his church.

http://www.localmemphis.com/news/local-news/arkansas-church-revokes-gay-mans-membership

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Arkansas Church Revokes Gay Man's Membership (Original Post) LiberalArkie Oct 2015 OP

Yipes shenmue Oct 2015 #1

the church is doing him a huge favor but it will take him awhile to realize it nt msongs Oct 2015 #2

Yes, of course. Those good Christian people of that asjr Oct 2015 #3

Well, back when I was a Baptist one of my favorite songs was-- classof56 Oct 2015 #4

shenmue

(38,537 posts)

1. Yipes

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Tue Oct 13, 2015, 01:04 PM

Oct 2015

Boo!

msongs

(70,172 posts)

2. the church is doing him a huge favor but it will take him awhile to realize it nt

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Tue Oct 13, 2015, 01:06 PM

Oct 2015

asjr

(10,479 posts)

3. Yes, of course. Those good Christian people of that

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Tue Oct 13, 2015, 01:36 PM

Oct 2015

church must be patting each other on the back for being so religious.

classof56

(5,376 posts)

4. Well, back when I was a Baptist one of my favorite songs was--

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Tue Oct 13, 2015, 01:54 PM

Oct 2015

"They Will Know We are Christians By Our Love." It was in a minor key, and the words really got to me. Took a long time for me to come to terms with how untrue those words were. Looks like things haven't changed, at least in this particular Baptist church, or, sadly, in many others I know of, which is why I'm now a lapsed Baptist. All I can say is, shame on the members of Woods Chapel General Baptist Church. They really need a massive dose of God's grace delivered with a heavy hand. Just MHO.

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