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Line 72: Although Lifeway sells products created by non-SBC persons and entities, its products generally feature Christian teachings from a conservative perspective (consistent with the 2000 [[Baptist Faith & Message]]). It will not sell, and will if needed discontinue selling, works by authors who disagree with its policies. For example, it pulled all works by author [[Jen Hatmaker]] in October 2016 after she had endorsed [[same-sex marriage]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2016/october/lifeway-stops-selling-jen-hatmaker-books-lgbt-beliefs-chris.html\|title=LifeWay Stops Selling Jen Hatmaker Books over LGBT Beliefs\|date=October 27, 2016 \|access-date=October 25, 2018}}</ref> Lifeway's ministry on the subject of sexuality and gender expression sees non-heterosexual identities as sinful,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.lifeway.com/Article/parenting-sexuality-student-ministry-Move-your-teen-toward-a-biblical-perspective-on-sexuality\|title=A biblical perspective on sexuality\|website=lifeway.com\|access-date=September 22, 2017\|url-status=}}{{deadlink\|date=September 2023}}</ref> which require church members to be "ready when homosexuality devastates."<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://blog.lifeway.com/biblestudiesforlife/ready-session-5-ready-when-homosexuallity-devastates-additional-questions/\|title=Ready, Session 5 (Ready When Homosexuallity Devastates): Additional Questions\|website=blog.lifeway.com\|access-date=September 22, 2017\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411155620/http://blog.lifeway.com/biblestudiesforlife/ready-session-5-ready-when-homosexuallity-devastates-additional-questions/\|archive-date=11 April 2019}}</ref> That is generally consistent with Article XVIII of the [[Baptist Faith & Message]] (the doctrinal statement of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]], LifeWay's parent),{{efn\|The [[congregationalist polity]] of the SBC causes it ~~notto~~not beto be binding on individual congregations.}} but it does not specifically address topics of [[gender expression]] such as [[transgender]] and [[non-binary]] gender identities.<ref>http://www.sbc.net/bfm2000/bfm2000.asp Baptist Faith and Message</ref> ==Leadership==

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