I am not SB....So maybe someone who is can answer a question... Can the Association remove this congregation and/or pastor?
I’m Southern Baptist and every church is autonomous. I’ll have to check on the Association Bylaws.
If the Convention goes along to get along. . .I’m leaving the denomination.
The pastor definitely cannot be removed by the SBC. Each church is wholly autonomous. Whether the church can be expelled, though, I am less certain. I used to attend an SBC church and the pastor retired and was replaced by a woman (not permitted in the SBC). We left the church, and shortly thereafter, the church was no longer a part of the SBC. I’m not sure whether it was kicked out or withdrew, though.
Its not “remove” them... because the association is just a group of churches who collaborate. What happens is the others vote to “disassociate” themselves with the problem church. Years ago Oklahoma Southern Baptists were very close to voting to disassociate with a local church that had decided to accept sprinkling rather than immersion as an accepted baptism.