So, the Evangelical Alliance (EA)have decided to discontinue the membership of the Oasis Trust because of its stance on LGBT issues.  Whatever your views on LGBT issue, this has to be a very sad day when one evangelical can effectively expel another over an issue that, so far as I can see, is not a central defining tenet of evangelicalism.

You can read what the EA said here and what Oasis said here

I'm sure lots of views will be expressed over the coming days.  The responses I have seen expressed by Baptists are all the same - they are saddened, and long for people to learn to agree to disagree with grace and humility.  Very sad indeed.

UPDATE an excellent, gracious, gentle, wise and thoroughly Baptist repsonse from David Kerrigan here