Stedfast Baptist Church, which was forced to leave two locations in Tarrant County last year and recently bought a building in Cedar Hill, was once again the...
On Wednesday, protesters outside the church described the danger they believed was posed by Anderson’s group of churches. “People don’t understand the danger — that this is not just one little church, it’s a network of churches all over the country,” said Lynette Sharp, who has been protesting the group for almost a year and a half.
Sharp has been protesting outside the church’s services since it moved to Watauga. “When I found them, they came from Hurst and the lady that had been doing [protests] was exhausted. And she, you know, she stayed with it for a while, but then she needed to tap out,” Sharp said. Now, after months of protests in her area, she said it’s “time to pass the torch; Cedar Hill needs to pick this up.”
Protester ‘Rain’ Knight of No Hate in Texas walks back and forth in front of the New Independent Fundamentalist Baptist Church with a bullhorn as the congregation met at their new location on Texas Street in Cedar Hill, Texas, July 12, 2023.Sharp was joined Wednesday by several people connected to Cedar Hill. Crystal Ramirez owns a salon in Cedar Hill and considers her business “a safe place for everyone, including the LGBTQ community.
Edward Sebesta, who writes a newsletter called Dallas Gay Liberation and has tracked the movements of Stedfast Baptist Church, said he hopes protests against the church will continue at its new location. “If we don’t protest it, it means we’re sort of accepting it. It sets a level for the rest of the community, straight and gay, [of] what’s acceptable.”
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