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20/20 Special on Independent Fundamental Baptist Churches

By GregH Wed, 04/06/2011 - 1:02pm

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GregH

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http://blogs.abcnews.com/pressroom/2011/04/a-religious-sub-culture-many-...

Wed, 04/06/2011 - 1:48pm

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Louise Dan

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Brace yourselves, folks. I'm

Brace yourselves, folks. I'm sad it takes an outside investigation to get people to take this seriously within fundamentalism, but I hope that maybe Bob Jones and The Wilds, who just had Chuck Phelps in to preach, will finally take the steps his former church have to either call him to correct himself or to distance themselves from him and those who support him on this issue.

Wed, 04/06/2011 - 5:18pm

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Jay

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This just goes to show the importance of handling things correctly the first time. The sad part is that this specific news report is a result of self-inflicted wounds. If GBC/Phelps had handled it right first - by making sure Willis went to the cops and turned himself in (or the cops came to him and arrested him) - none of this would be going on.

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Wed, 04/06/2011 - 5:51pm

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Jim Peet