First Baptist Church members

[Jazzy]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — 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." They must also affirm that "marriage...is between one man and one woman, and is the only context for sexual desire and expression."

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[Albion]

Nothing too unusual there as Christian theology goes, but I guess we need to also know what prompted this rather unusual action on the part of the church. Was there an incident among the members of that congregation itself, as opposed to society at large? Or something else, like a step taken by the state legislature or the city government?