
"In a related development, in Birmingham, Ala., members of the Baptist Church of the Covenant and several other churches recently hoped to build a sister-church relationship with the Baptist Church of Boca de Muriel in Cuba, having sent a delegation to Cuba in 2005. Instead they were slapped with a $34,000 fine from the U.S. Department of the Treasury."
"The Treasury Department claims that the church delegation violated a U.S. ban on tourism to Cuba."
"The Church of the Covenant is part of the Alliance of Baptists, a moderate group representing 117 congregations that broke with the Southern Baptist Convention in the late ’80s when it elected ultra-conservative leaders. Alliance Executive Director Stan Hastey said the group will appeal the fine, which is about 10 percent of its annual budget."
"Other congregations involved in the Cuban sister-church project are the First Baptist Churches of Washington, D.C., Savannah, Ga., Greenville, S.C.; and the Glendale Baptist Church of Nashville."
Glendale Baptist has Cuba news on the missions page of its web site.
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