A Canberra Church’s near century-long link to its denominational association has been severed because it refused to support a conservative stance on same sex-marriage. Canberra Baptist church lost its affiliation after vote at the New South Wales and ACT Association Annual Assembly.
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00:00It's a message congregants hear every Sunday, but today, welcome took on a new meaning at
00:08Canberra Baptist Church.
00:10That this church is a church where all are welcome.
00:15For the first time in the church's 96 year history, it's no longer affiliated with the
00:20Baptist Association of New South Wales and the ACT.
00:24Delegates from member churches voted yesterday on whether to remove Canberra Baptist Church
00:30and Newcastle's Hamilton Baptist Church over their pro-same-sex marriage stances.
00:36Of 250 delegates, two thirds voted in favour of de-affiliation.
00:41If we have a same-sex couple here, they're welcome.
00:44If we have a de facto couple here, they're welcome.
00:47And it's up to them.
00:48We trust people.
00:50We can read the Bible really thoughtfully and faithfully and we can come to different
00:57conclusions and that's okay.
00:59The association is governed by member churches and according to its constitution, marriage
01:04is between one man and one woman.
01:07In a statement, the association said, we still respect and love them as churches and as people.
01:14We have processes and resources in place to continue to support them through this transition
01:19and into the future.
01:21But although its departure from the association means the church will lose legal and administrative
01:26supports, there's no threat to its property or finances.
01:30We continue to worship together.
01:31We continue to call ourselves a Baptist church.
01:35So all of those things don't change.
01:37And for now, the welcome banner is going nowhere.
01:40Welcome everyone!
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