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Baptist sexuality conference program released

ATLANTA (ABP) – Scholar and author Jenell Paris headlines A [Baptist]
Conference on Sexuality and Covenant program scheduled April 19-21 at
First Baptist Church in Decatur, Ga.

Paris, professor of cultural anthropology at Messiah College and author of The End of Sexual Identity: Why Sex is Too Important to Determine Who We Are,
is presenter for the opening session of the gathering co-sponsored by
the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and Mercer University.

A conference program
posted recently on the CBF website includes presenters with various
perspectives about how Christians should best respond to contemporary
cultural challenges like acceptance of homosexuality and premarital sex.