The American Baptist Churches of the South holds the following belief: The Bible is God’s Inspired Word. Baptists believe that the Bible is the divinely inspired record of God’s actions in history, and believe it is a trustworthy, authoritative, and all-sufficient rule of faith and practice. Source
Now, on that same website they write 3.ABC/USA has a history of openness to differing point of view. Jesus Christ is professed as Savior and Lord. Within the ABC/USA are different points of view on how persons go about expressing and living out that Lordship. Our tradition is one of acceptance, trust and openness to Truth.
Note the liberal theological buzzwords. In and of themselves they mean nothing...
BUT
Calvary Baptist Church, on their website professes to be a member of this denomination. If you click though the website Gaychurch.Org you will burrow down to this church.
And here is the First Baptist Church of Moorestown. They say: The Bible is the basis of our understanding of God’s relationship and dealings with humanity and the world, and its teachings are the primary source of our faith and practice.Source At the bottom of their homepage you will find links to the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists and this little icon:
Now check this out, from another church, The Pullen Memorial Baptist Church:
We affirm that the Bible is a primary source for our beliefs and practice, but it is a book to be engaged, not worshiped. Linky A bit squishy, but the Bible is their primary source. The average Christian would not have a problem with that statement.
And what does this church have a a ministry? A LGBT ministry! Source Their mission statement of that ministry?
-Partner with other advocacy and LGBT groups in our community to work for equality and justice for members of our community.
-Educate the Pullen congregation and community about justice and equality issues affecting the LGBT community.
The only good thing I see is they were kicked out of the Souuther Baptist Convention in 1992 because
After lengthy discussion and prayer, in 1992, Pullen endorsed unqualified acceptance of gay/lesbian Christians. Within a year Pullen was excluded from the Raleigh Baptist Association, the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, and the Southern Baptist Convention.