Blessed are the skinny jeans.
An Oregon church is apologizing for banning overweight and obese people from its worship team.
Guidelines from the New Creation Church, a non-denominational Christian organization in the Portland suburb of Hillsboro, banned members with “excessive weight” from the team.
“Weight is something that many people have to deal with,” the guidelines said, according to The Christian Times. “Make sure that you are taking care of your temple, exercising and eating properly.”
The church later apologized, writing on its website:
“There has been some media circulating about our Worship Team Guidelines.Forgive us if we offended anyone. That certainly was not our intention. These guidelines have never been used to discriminate against anyone and have never been enforced.”
New Creation Church Pastor Rebecca Sundholm told the Oregonian she was “dumbfounded” by the controversy as the guidelines were written years ago and had not been enforced.
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