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Prof Leaves Seminary to Stay in His Church

Posted on August 24, 2009 by | Comments Off on Prof Leaves Seminary to Stay in His Church

Inside Higher Ed: Prof Leaves Seminary to Stay in His Church

Michael Cox, professor of music theory and composition at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s School of Church Music since 1990, has taken early retirement, rather than ending his membership in Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, as he would have had to do to continue to teach, the Associated Baptist Press reported. The seminary, which requires faculty members to be affiliated with churches that share its faith, recently said that Broadway Baptist did not meet its tests because it was not sufficiently strong in condemning homosexuality.

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Baptist University Disinvites Youth From Church Not Seen as Sufficiently Anti-Gay

Posted on July 2, 2009 by | Comments Off on Baptist University Disinvites Youth From Church Not Seen as Sufficiently Anti-Gay

Inside Higher Ed: Baptist University Disinvites Youth From Church Not Seen as Sufficiently Anti-Gay

The University of the Cumberlands, a Baptist university in Kentucky, has told a youth group from the Broadway Baptist Church, in Fort Worth, Texas, that it has revoked an invitation for the students to stay at the university while working to help the disadvantaged in Appalachia. The Associated Baptist Press reported that the move followed criticism of the church for not being sufficiently anti-gay, as evidenced by its admission that it has a few gay members and that they have served on search committees. The university declined to talk to the wire service about its decision. In 2006, the university expelled a student for being gay.

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