Evangelical Denomination Expels Entire Congregation Over LGBT Inclusion | This Overlooked Scripture Should Be Memorized as Much as John 3:16:
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Evangelical Denomination Expels Entire Congregation Over LGBT Inclusion | This Overlooked Scripture Should Be Memorized as Much as John 3:16:
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Evangelical Denomination Expels Entire Congregation Over LGBT Inclusion
10:00AM EDT 7/1/2019
YONAT SHIMRON/RNS
For the first time in its 134-year history, the Evangelical Covenant Church has voted to remove a congregation from its roster over its position on LGBTQ inclusion.
The vote to expel the First Covenant Church, a prominent and historic Minneapolis congregation, for being "out of harmony on human sexuality," took place at the denomination's annual meeting in Omaha on Friday (June 27).
The Minneapolis church has never performed a gay marriage, though a lesbian couple had an off-site wedding performed by its music director in 2014, which produced a series of conversations about its future over the past few years
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