Sons of Thundr (Faith Baptist Church)

Sons of Thundr
(Faith Baptist Church)
Formation 1984 (1984)
Type Independent Baptist Church
Location
Pastor
 Billy Ball
Website faithbaptistchurchprimrose.com

Sons of Thundr (Faith Baptist Church) is an independent Baptist Church founded in 1984 by Pastor Billy Ball, located in Primrose, Georgia about 50 miles south of Atlanta, Georgia.[1][2] Ball is a former adult Sunday school teacher and Deacon at Friendship Baptist Church in Newnan, Georgia.[1]

The Southern Poverty Law Center has designated Sons of Thundr as an anti-gay hate group.[3][4]

Social views

The church is opposed to abortion,[5] homosexuality,[6] and alcohol.[7] Its web site features graphic photos of aborted fetuses and accident victims, along with declarations of their beliefs, such as "All Homos are: Sick, brain damaged, perverts!"[4][5][6][7]

The church has posted hostile messages about President Obama and Islam, including "Islam will take you to Hell" and "Every time Obama wins, America loses, pray for our perverted president".[8]

They engage in street preaching to express their views and were arrested repeatedly in Manchester, Georgia in 2009 when they returned to the sidewalk after being arrested citing the Constitutional right to do so.[9] Ball has been arrested in 2007 as well, and according to the Times-News was testing the need for a permit to preach in the streets.[10] In Hendersonville, the city council threw out the ordinance he was challenging as violating the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.[11]

The church also uses their marquee to espouse slogans against, according to Ball, "three categories of people in America right now that get a break, the homosexuals … the Nation of Islam and the illegal Mexicans."[12]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Ball, Billy. "Pastor and Mrs. Ball". Faith Baptist Church. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  2. ↑ Shugart, Karen (August 29, 2007). "Pride and Piety: Conservative Christian seeks discussion on God and gays". Creative Loafing Charlotte. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Active Anti-Gay Groups". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  4. 1 2 "The Haters: Watch Out for These 11 Groups". Advocate. March 13, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  5. 1 2 Ball, Billy. "The Baby Killers". Faith Baptist Church. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  6. 1 2 Ball, Billy. "Sodomites can be Saved". Faith Baptist Church. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  7. 1 2 Ball, Billy. "The Horrors of Liquor". Faith Baptist Church. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Signs on Georgia church offend many". UPI News Service. April 28, 2010.
  9. ↑ Melloy, Kilian (August 31, 2009). "Anti-Gay Street Preacher and Cohort Arrested". Edge Boston. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  10. ↑ "Ga. Preacher Fails To Attend Court Date". Hendersonville Times-News. May 4, 2007. p. 1C. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  11. ↑ Giles, Jennie Jones (June 17, 2007). "Ouster of Law Prompts Preachers to Celebrate". Henderson Times-News. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  12. ↑ "Signs on Georgia church offend many". United Press International. April 28, 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2012.


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