Summary

THE LATEST ON THE SOUTHERN BAPTISTS IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 189021
Story Slug Southern - Baptists - Convention
Location Orange County, Florida
Format Pkg*
Date 06/14/2000
Archive Time 38:15
TRT 1:23
Supers Orange County, Florida Chris Alexander-Manley, Gay Protester T Vaughan Walker, Southern Baptist Todd Jurkowski, Reporting
Video Description PEOPLE SINGING, GAY PROTESTERS SINGING TOGETHER, SOT, DEPUTIES ARRESTED PROTESTERS, PEOPLE CLAPPING AS PROTESTERS GET ARRESTED, INTERIORS OF BAPTIST CONVENTION, SOT, MORE SHOTS OF BAPTIST CONVENTION, MORE SHOTS OF PROTESTERS GETTING ARRESTED
Description THE LATEST ON THE SOUTHERN BAPTISTS IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA
Script LEAD: THE ANNUAL SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION IS TAKING PLACE IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA THIS WEEK IN A WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SERMON, BAPTIST EVANGELIST BAILEY SMITH DENOUNCED ABORTION AS HUMAN SACRIFICE AND CALLED DEFENDERS OF GAY MARRIAGE NUTBALLS TODD JURKOWSKI HAS MORE (TAKE PKG) STORY DETAILS: DR JAMES G MERRITT, 47, PASTOR OF THE 11,000-MEMBER FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN SNELLVILLE, GA, WILL SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF THE NATION'S LARGEST PROTESTANT DENOMINATION HE WAS ELECTED TUESDAY AS THE CONVENTION OPENED ITS ANNUAL CONVENTION EARLIER TUESDAY, CONVENTION PRESIDENT PAIGE PATTERSON PRAISED THE PROPOSED STATEMENT OF BELIEF THAT SAYS WOMEN SHOULD NO LONGER BE ALLOWED TO SERVE AS PASTORS DELEGATES REPRESENTING THE 159 MILLION-MEMBER DENOMINATION WILL VOTE WEDNESDAY ON THE REVISED BAPTIST FAITH AND MESSAGE STATEMENT, WHICH ALSO CONTAINS NEW WORDING CONDEMNING HOMOSEXUALITY AND ABORTION FLORIDA
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