Park Cities Baptist, homophobia and conversion "therapy."
Following the conversion "therapy" threads leading through Evangelical Christianity in the Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) area.
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Park Cities Baptist Online Presence.
https://www.pcbc.org/
https://www.facebook.com/parkcitiesbaptist
https://www.instagram.com/parkcitiesbaptistchurch
https://www.youtube.com/parkcitiesbaptistchurch
The link to their X account on their webpage is incorrect, but this is their X account.
https://twitter.com/parkcitiesbap
General Info
I will discuss their Belief page in the section on their homophobia.
https://www.pcbc.org/about/who-we-are/
https://www.pcbc.org/about/staff/
The head pastor is Jeff Warren.
https://www.pcbc.org/about/staff/member/1384593/
https://twitter.com/jeff_warren
https://www.facebook.com/jeff.warren.925
https://www.youtube.com/fbcliveforgiven
His blog seems to be inactive.
Park Cities Homophobia.
The issue of them having (currently?) been involved with conversion therapy will be in a section by itself.
They are a Southern Baptist Church and on their page, “Beliefs” they have a link to the Southern Baptist Convention “Baptist Faith and Message.”
https://www.pcbc.org/about/beliefs/
However, they post a 1963 statement which omits homosexuality.
I was unable to find it on their webpage, but the Southern Baptist Convention lists it as a Southern Baptist Church in their directory.
https://churches.sbc.net/church/park-cities-baptist-church/
As a Southern Baptist Church they have to be compliant with Southern Baptist homophobic ideology and this is what the Southern Baptist Convention policy is on homosexuality.
There is an organization in Boise, Idaho dedicated to the destruction of the LGBT movement. It is The Center for Faith, Sexuality, & Gender. This is their website.
https://www.centerforfaith.com/
This is their event page, in 2024 they plan events in Austin, Texas and Yakima, Washington state.
https://www.centerforfaith.com/events
This flyer was about events at Park Cities Baptist Church.
https://www.centerforfaith.com/sites/default/files/flyer_dallas.pdf
These events were scheduled for Sept. 14th, 15th, 2020, at Park Cities Baptist Church, but were canceled because of Covid. It was sponsored by the Dallas Baptist Association.
The presenter was a “Dr.” Preston Sprinkle.
This was one of the texts of the flyer.
JOIN US FOR TWO TRAINING EVENTS
IN DALLAS, TEXAS!
Each event is a time of interactive teaching and conversation covering
some of the most pressing questions in the church today.
• Does the Bible prohibit same-sex monogamous marriages?
• How should churches navigate questions related to membership,
service, baptism, and leadership for LGBT+ people?
• Can you truly love LGBT+ people without affirming same-sex
marriage?
• What does the Bible say about gender non-conforming people?
• How should you pastor LGBT+ people and their families?
• What does the Bible say about transgender people?
The Center for Faith announcement was archived at the Internet Archive. Give the Internet Archive a minute or two. It has hundreds of billions of pages archives and is continuously archiving millions more all the time.
These are some of the topics scheduled for the session.
7:00pm Theology of Marriage and Same Sex Relations
7:45pm Can Christians Truly Love LGBT+ People without Changing their Theology?
Jeff Warren had a blog, which had comments.
This is a post titled “Gay Marriage?” May 16, 2012
https://www.liveforgiven.org/?p=1086
4. Homosexuality is a sin because it falls short of God’s glory.
God’s Word is clear that homosexual behavior is sin:
• In Genesis 1 and 2 we see that God created man and woman for each other and that His design is for marriage to be between and man and a woman.
• Genesis 19 is a lengthy passage on the destruction of Sodom, having incurred God’s wrath because of homosexual activity. God’s Word defines the men of Sodom as “sinning greatly” because of their men were having sex with men (Genesis 13:13; 19:5). God calls Sodom’s sin “sexual perversion” (Jude 1:7).
• Leviticus 20:13 says that a man is not to have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; if he does he’s done a “detestable”(abhorrent, vile, despicable) thing.
• God lists “homosexual offenders” among “the wicked” who will “not inherit the kingdom of God” (1 Corinthians 6:9). It must be noted that on the same list are slanderers, adulterers, drunkards, and idolaters as well, and he notes that many of those believers in Corinth once lived in those lifestyles- implying that among them were those who no longer live as practicing homosexuals – having encountered the saving grace of Christ.
• God’s Word identifies husband-wife relations as “natural relations” and homosexual relations as “unnatural ones” (Romans 1:26-27) and “perversion” (vs. 27).
• God’s Word also rebukes those who “approve of those who practice” homosexuality (Romans 1:32).
When Wilshire Baptist church started to accept the LGBT, the people who couldn’t went to Park Cities Baptist church.
So-called Conversion “therapy.”
When researching a notorious center for conversion “therapy,” the Living Hope Ministries, I came across the Park Cities Baptist Church. This is my report on Living Hope Ministries.
In the above report we have documentation that in 2015 and 2018 Living Hope Ministries listed them as partner churches. This likely means LGBT individuals were referred to Living Hope Ministries, though we don’t have documentation yet of this happening. Currently, Living Hope Ministries has them as a church they recommend.
Also, fundraisers for Living Hope Ministries were held at Park Cities Baptist Church.
This is a flyer for the Living Hope Ministry Fundraiser at Park Cities Baptist Nov. 6, 2021.
https://issuu.com/livinghopeministries/docs/banquet_showbill_final_web_compressed
Ticket sales for fundraiser at Park Cities Baptist in 2018.
https://www.livehope.org/2018tickets/
Announcement of celebration and fundraising banquet at Park Cities Baptist in 2017.
https://www.livehope.org/2017/07/18/celebration-fundraising-banquet-oct-21/
The online record stops in 2021, but that doesn’t mean that fundraisers aren’t still happening.
Something will be put here, but we are still investigating.
Summary
In the Dallas Fort Worth we have serious enemies of the LGBT and we need to be active in opposing them and we need to expect our leadership to do more than just mouth happy stuff.
Campaign to ban conversion therapy in Dallas.
Link to petition to sign is in this post.
