Chandler Chandler is the former pastor

Pastor

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 of East Waynesville Baptist Church

East Waynesville Baptist Church

East Waynesville Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Waynesville, a small town in the Great Smoky Mountains of Western North Carolina, United States of America. It is an independent and autonomous member of the Southern Baptist Convention and the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina . As of...

 who resigned after receiving national attention for expelling nine members of his church for supporting Democratic candidate John F. Kerry in the 2004 United States presidential election.

At the time of the expulsion, Chandler was studying for his master's degree in divinity at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

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 in Wake Forest, North Carolina

Wake Forest, North Carolina

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• Democrats voted out of church because of their politics, members say at USA Today
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