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REPORT ABUSIVE REPLY
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Pastor: I miscalculated impact of LGBTQ-affirming vote.. (Yep you reap what you sow!!)
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A Baptist pastor in Dallas is facing some harsh realities more than a year after leading his congregation to affirm homosexuality.
In November 2016, Wilshire Baptist Church voted to extend membership to those involved in the homosexual lifestyle. The church's slogan is now "Open to all, closed to none."
The action prompted the Baptist General Convention of Texas to sever ties with the church. A year later, Chelsen Vicari decided to contact senior pastor George Mason to see how the church has been affected by the change.
If my church went against biblical teaching on sexuality and affirmed the LGBTQ lifestyle, I would ... (Poll Closed)
Strongly voice my disagreement and leave
Vicari is evangelical program director for The Institute on Religion & Democracy, a conservative Christian think tank. She writes that while Mason knew some members would vote "no," what he didn't know was they would leave the church as a result.
While the "bleeding" stopped months later, he estimates that about 250 of the 1,500 active members at the time no longer call Wilshire their church home – and took about $700,000 of annual giving with them when they left. [ link to www.onenewsnow.com (secure)] Galatians 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. Quoting: christian Wow that is quite a bit of giving for a estimated 250 people.
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