The situation at First Baptist Church of Naples, Florida is much worse than originally thought. Southern Baptist elites tweeted and re-tweeted assertions from the pastoral leadership team of FBC Naples that attributed the failure to affirm a new pastor to racism. However, those assertions appear to be progressive lies. According to church members, their concerns were limited to moral, theological and political issues. Other reports show that legendary pastor Hayes Wicker was deposed by the present leadership staff despite wanting a slower transition out of the pastorate.
Conservatives at First Baptist Church Naples are speaking out and it now looks like the church leadership has disqualified itself from leading a church with blatant violations of Matthew 18.