Calling the "sexual revolution" a "threat to our church," First Baptist Church in Jacksonville will now require congregants to sign a statement affirming their opposition to LGBTQ+ freedoms if they want to remain members.
In a video message posted on the church website, Senior Pastor Heath Lambert said members will be required to sign a document affirming that people are "either male or female and that this creation is a fixed matter of human biology, not individual choice."
Lambert also explained in the video that "many" members of the congregation had "struggled" with gender and sexuality issues.
Lambert told First Coast News the church publicly expresses what Christians have believed for a couple of thousand years.
First Baptist Church has a long history of opposing LGBTQ+ rights, including strenuous opposition of the city's Human Rights Ordinance. The HRO, which prohibited people from being fired or evicted simply because of their sexual identity, did eventually pass after several years. But after an early failed vote in August 2012, councilmembers who voted against it were honored at a First Baptist Church church service.
Florida Mega Church Must Sign Heterosexual vs Homosexual Sexuality Pledge To Stay A Member
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