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Minister ex-communicates members for not backing Bush

Date: May 06, 2005 | 27 Rabi al-Awwal 1426 Hijriah
Blog: The Clipboard
Subjects: fundamentalism, rightwing, lunacy

From an article1:

The minister of a Haywood County Baptist church is telling members of his congregation that if they're Democrats, they either need to find another place of worship or support President Bush.

Already, the Reverend Chan Chandler has ex-communicated nine members of East Waynesville Baptist Church. Another 40 members have left in protest.

During last Sunday's sermon, he acknowledged that church members were upset because he named people, and he says he'll do it again because he has to according to the word of God.

Chandler could not be reached for comment today, but says his actions weren't politically motivated.

One former church member says Chandler told some of the members that if they didn't support George Bush, they needed to resign their positions and get out of the church, or go to the altar, repent and agree to vote for Bush.

A former church treasurer says she's at church to worship God and not the preacher. (link)

I'm sure she's not there to worship Bush either, but it seems like the rest of the church does.

While we worry over Islamic fundamentalism abroad, we also ought to be worried about Christian fundamentalism here at home. It's dangerous to our liberties.

See also here and here, the latter of which has a good overview of the legal issue with the church's tax-exempt status, which prohibits campaigning for or against candidates for political office..
Complete text of the article, Minister ex-communicates members for not backing Bush, by Associated Press (Russ Bowen, WLOS)

The minister of a Haywood County Baptist church is telling members of his congregation that if they're Democrats, they either need to find another place of worship or support President Bush.

Already, the Reverend Chan Chandler has ex-communicated nine members of East Waynesville Baptist Church. Another 40 members have left in protest.

During last Sunday's sermon, he acknowledged that church members were upset because he named people, and he says he'll do it again because he has to according to the word of God.

Chandler could not be reached for comment today, but says his actions weren't politically motivated.

One former church member says Chandler told some of the members that if they didn't support George Bush, they needed to resign their positions and get out of the church, or go to the altar, repent and agree to vote for Bush.

A former church treasurer says she's at church to worship God and not the preacher.

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