Lesbian pastor April Baker riles Baptist conventions
"What does it mean that God's love is for everyone?" preached divinity student and Eileen Campbell-Reed at Glendale Baptist Church in Nashville, Tenn. "What will happen when we move from the center to the margins, and make friends ... with those that our society smugly thinks of as the disinherited and marginalized? What will happen when they become our heroes and heroines of friendship and faithfulness, forgiveness and grace?" What will happen first is that the Southern Baptist Convention and the Tennessee Baptist Convention will cut off all support from your congregation, as Glendale found out when it employed April Baker, its lesbian associate pastor. A church spokesman says the congregation wasn't looking for controversy; it merely chose the best candidate for the job. The State
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