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Where Does American Baptist Churches USA Stand on Sex, Abortion, and Decline? (Juicy Ecumenism)

Juicy Ecumenism, Institute on Religion and Democracy, 14 June 2018

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A 14 June 2018 article on Juicy Ecumenism, the Institute on Religion and Democracy's blog, quoting what it identifies as the American Baptist Churches USA General Board's own November 2005 amendment to the confessional document "We Are American Baptists": "A Biblical People: Who submit to the teaching of Scripture that God's design for sexual intimacy places it within the context of marriage between one man and one woman, and acknowledge that the practice of homosexuality is incompatible with Biblical teaching." The article also quotes ABCUSA's own resolutions page stating that its Policy Statements, Resolutions and other declarations "in no way obligate American Baptist congregations or regions to any position or course of action." ABCUSA's own hosting of this material (abc-usa.org, both a 2019 and a 2012 PDF, and the resolutions article page itself) returned 404 at every URL tried, so this citation rests on this secondary account rather than the primary document.

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A denominational-affairs blog with an evangelical editorial position, not American Baptist Churches USA's own site; used because the denomination's own hosting of the same 2005 amendment could not be reached at any of three tried URLs, and because this account quotes the amendment's exact wording rather than characterizing it.
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Cited for American Baptist Churches USA's sexuality-position and its detail. Primary abc-usa.org hosting was unreachable; a future band with a working link to the denomination's own current page should re-source this fact to it directly.
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Publisher
Juicy Ecumenism (Institute on Religion and Democracy)
Publication Year
2018
URL
https://juicyecumenism.com/2018/06/14/american-baptist-churches-usa-stand-sex-abortion-decline/
Source Type
news feature
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American Baptist Churches USA, Denominations

This source names American Baptist Churches USA directly: "quoting what it identifies as the American Baptist Churches USA General Board's own November 2005 amendment to the confessional document "We Are American Baptists": "A Biblical People: Who submit to..."

Source Where Does American Baptist Churches USA Stand on Sex, Abortion, and Decline? (Juicy Ecumenism)
Baptist, Denominations

This source names Baptist directly: "what it identifies as the American Baptist Churches USA General Board's own November 2005 amendment to the confessional document "We Are American Baptists": "A Biblical People: Who submit to the..."

Source Where Does American Baptist Churches USA Stand on Sex, Abortion, and Decline? (Juicy Ecumenism)
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  • Denominations, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 3 general references.
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