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Fired for Preaching Anti-Trump message
This is a posting about a progressive pastor in North Carolina who consistently preached a strong anti-Trump, pro-trans, pro-BLM message. He has now been fired.
Is that a cue for you to eye-roll and suggest, “Well hey, with that message, I’m not surprised“.
Ah but wait, the surprising reveal here is that his church is also very progressive, liberal, and pro-LGBTQ+, so why would they fire him, was he caught with his hand in the financial cookie jar, or did some sexual abuse scandal pop up?
Nope, it’s not that at all.
So why did he get fired?
Now that’s where this becomes interesting, so let’s explore this a bit more to see where it takes us.
Pastor Pushed out
Via an NPR story dated Feb 4th, we discover all the details that explain how and why Pastor Benjamin Boswell was pushed out as the senior minister at Myers Park Baptist Church. As I mentioned above it really is a deeply surprising move because Myers Park Baptist is very liberal.
If you check out their website you find this “Statement of Belief” — At MPBC, we have no statement of beliefs because our core belief is in soul freedom and the liberty of conscience, meaning our members are free to believe whatever they choose.
