Carrie sent me this article and I'm still in shock over it. I can't believe that people would do something like this and so it really makes me wonder about what's going on:
A pastor who says his congregation voted not to accept black membership has resigned. The church says it never made such a decision.But then, why would the pastor lie? Very weird.
The Rev. John Stevens says Fellowship Baptist Church in Saltillo voted not to approve blacks as members during a scheduled Sunday night business meeting Aug. 6. Because of the decision, Stevens stepped down from the Baptist Missionary Alliance congregation that has an average Sunday morning attendance of 30 people.
BTW, Carrie has an interesting post about the tongue. It's a good reminder to us the power that our words have on others and a good lesson on how to control the tongue. We can't control our tongue if we don't control the things that we are allowing ourselves to feel in our heart (judgmental attitude, hatred, bitterness, etc.). What is in our heart will eventually find voice no matter how hard we try to stop ourselves from saying it. Maybe that's something this congregation should think about.
