LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY ellid)

This time, two press releases from the church itself, which seems upset that their "private decision" has been aired in public. I guess they expected her to shut up and be a good little old lady who went off to crochet doilies....

http://www.newzjunky.com/record/0820firstbaptist.htm

http://www.newzjunky.com/record/0820labouf.htm


Note that the second one all but confirms the hypothesis that this was a mainline Baptist church that was taken over by a Dominionist pastor and new members who didn't know the difference.