A Baptist church in Kentucky along with other Baptists are defending the church discipline practice of sending letters to congregants who were not attending regularly to inform them they were removed from church membership rolls.
Last week, Cave City Baptist Church, situated in south central Kentucky near Bowling Green, sent letters to approximately 70 members to say were not attending services “habitually,” giving “regularly,” or participating in the congregation’s “organized work,” as is required of members per the congregation’s bylaws.
Notable media coverage ensued with some members expressing anger over how they were delisted. Yet the pastor of the church is not backing down and says he and the church are being misrepresented.
Cave City Baptist Pastor Ryan Broers said in a Friday text message to Baptist Press he is “weary of the media circus” and that “lots of lies and half-truths are being told.”
“I really wish this thing would have remained a private issue,” he said, noting that he believes they should have worded the letter differently.
“The only reason I commented publicly is that it became public knowledge when a man who has not been to the church in 20 years made it public on…
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