check out this Baptist support of homosexuals

[bobbieinok]

at http://www.bpfna.org/rightly.html

Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth

The Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America and The Alliance of Baptists have jointly developed a resource whose purpose is to encourage local congregations to undertake intentional conversations on the subject of sexual orientation and Christian faith and to support those churches in their efforts.

The most unique element in this resource is an original article distilling the wisdom from clergy and lay leaders in Baptist congregations which have already undertaken this dialog. This material was collected in a August 26-28, 1999, retreat for leaders from 15 such congregations led by Rev. Mahan Siler, retired pastor of Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh, NC; April Baker, a member of the BPFNA board of directors, from Chapel Hill, NC; and Rev. Brenda Moulton, pastor of Chestnut Hill Baptist Church, Exeter, RI, and coordinator of the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists.



The resource also includes a basic set of resource materials - most of which are reprinted from existing sources - including one or more brief articles focused on:

**Bible study
**Theological Reflection
**Scientific/Medical/Psychological information on questions of sexual orientation
**Personal Testimonies/Reflections of gay and lesbian Baptists and their families and friends
**Statements from Baptist and other Christian institutions
**Sermons and Meditations
**An Annotated Bibliography, with descriptions and ordering information of additional print and audio-visual resources which local church leaders could consider using

This is from the Baptist Peace Fellowship. The churches/ministers listed were possibly at one time southern baptist.

I found this site interesting and suprising.

[Fridays Child]

1. It's gotta be the...

"Who'd uh thunk it" Site of the Day!

[MsUnderstood]

2. Another religous site

http://www.godmademegay.com

"The author is a graduate of Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas (1936) and of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas (1946). He married Anna Marie in 1944; they have two sons and two grandsons. His ministry included the chaplaincy during World War II, pastorates in Louisiana, and teaching Bible at Louisiana College, Pineville. He left the ministry in 1966 and worked until retirement in the Office for Civil Rights of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services."