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Westboro Baptist Church originated as a branch of the East Side Baptist Church, which was established in 1931 on the east side of Topeka. [4] [5] In 1954, East Side hired Fred Phelps as an associate pastor. By 1955, Phelps was promoted to pastor of a new East Side church plant, Westboro Baptist, on the west side of Topeka. [4]
Mar. 5—OWASSO — School and town officials in Owasso are again making plans to ensure student and public safety after leaders of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church out of Topeka, Kansas ...
Lauren Drain was a member from 2001 until 2007, when she was excommunicated for questioning church doctrine and unauthorized contact with a Connecticut man seeking to learn more about the church. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Following her excommunication, she briefly lived on her own in Topeka, but was haunted by reminders of her banishment from the church and ...
[4] [5] Her grandfather was Fred Phelps, who founded the Westboro Baptist Church, a Christian sect based on the members' Calvinist interpretation of the bible and categorized by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group. [1] [2] Her parents taught her the doctrine of the Westboro Baptist Church sect from an early age. She grew up on a ...
A member of a group representing Westboro Baptist Church, center, is followed by a coalition of LGBTQ+ organizations and supporters using Pride-themed umbrellas as shields in a counter-protest ...
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Westboro Baptist Church members with protest signs (2000). The documentary focuses on the Westboro Baptist Church, headed by Fred Phelps and based in Topeka, Kansas.Born in 1929 in Meridian, Mississippi, [5] Phelps conducted himself in the belief that he was a prophet chosen by God "to preach His message of hate". [6]
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