Religion Roundup
Baptist Congregation Rejects Expulsion of Dissidents
The Associated Press
May 6, 2008
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The congregation of a large Southern Baptist church in Nashville, Tennessee, has voted not to expel 71 dissident members.
The vote Sunday at Two Rivers Baptist Church fell 4 ballots short of the two-thirds majority that would have been required to oust members who have filed a lawsuit over what they claim is improper spending by church leaders.
The Reverend Jerry Sutton had previously demanded that the dissidents repent and apologize. When they refused to do so, Sutton and deacons of the church asked the congregation to vote the dissidents out, saying their lawsuit and behavior was unbiblical.
Church deacons allowed the plaintiffs' votes to count, although they weren't required to do so.
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