Category Editor’s Message

Chattanooga, Tennessee Church Declares God’s Truth Despite Angst of Mr. Nevels, Who Drops Out

The newspaper account about AIDS in the pew at Red Bank Baptist church of Chattanooga, Tennessee, has caused conversation across the country about Christian intolerance and the power of a single man to eliminate a church doctrine. Matt Nevels lost a homosexual son to the disease and quit his church after a sermon that categorized the gay life as sinful. Was Mr. Nevels right to leave? Should the church give up demanding holiness from a member if that member rejects a particular law in Christian doctrine and goes his own way?