DECATUR, Ga. — The Georgia Baptist State Convention (GBSC) has ended its 148-year-old relationship with First Baptist Church, Decatur, Ga., over the congregation’s 2007 vote to hire a woman as senior pastor. Julie Pennington-Russell has been pastor of First, Decatur, Ga., since August 2007. Pennington-Russell read a letter at the end of both worship services Nov. 15 from Robert White,…
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