Te'Andrea and Charles Wilson
Te'Andrea and Charles Wilson
Southern Baptist bodies are calling on a Mississippi church that blocked a black couple from getting married under its roof to reject racism.
Leaders of the Mississippi Baptist Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention said Monday that preventing Charles and Te'Andrea Wilson from marrying at First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs was wrong.
Southern Baptist beliefs reject racism. In keeping with Baptist tradition, they want the congregation to chart its own course.
The Rev. Stan Weatherford, pastor of the church, married the Wilsons earlier this month at a predominantly black church in Crystal Springs. The wedding was moved after some congregants told Weatherford they opposed allowing black people to marry in the church.
Some church members were upset Sunday about the media attention surrounding the decision to deny the Wilson's wedding. One woman swung a purse at 16 WAPT reporter Meg Pace before entering the First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs.
Other church members said it was not the entire congregation's decision.
Crystal Springs town officials have planned a racial unity rally Monday evening. The Wilsons are expected to attend.
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