What do other Baptists believe, like the Alliance of Baptists or the Southern Baptist Convention?
The Alliance of Baptists is deeply rooted in the historic Baptist principles of local church autonomy, freedom of conscience and soul liberty. As such Alliance congregations are free to discern their own positions on matters. But the Alliance is a body that is very inclusive of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The Alliance has done studies on human sexuality and has a progressive position on same-gender marriage. The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Baptist denomination has taken a turn away from historic Baptist principles toward a hierarchal structure. The SBC will expel churches for extending welcome to LGBT people, including them in ministry or leadership positions. Most progressive SBC churches have been forces out or have voluntarily left the national or regional church bodies. The SBC has also excluded churches who seek to embrace the call of women to ministry and church leadership. We are already welcoming and affirming of lesbian and gay people and have s
