• Originally published July 2, 2009 at 10:13 a.m., updated July 2, 2009 at 11:16 a.m.

WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. (AP) — A Texas church youth choir has diverted a planned mission trip after being told they're not welcome to perform and work in a Kentucky Baptist mission program.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that the Broadway Baptist Church Chapel Choir, made up of high-schoolers, was informed Monday that it was "uninvited" to participate in the University of the Cumberlands' Mountain Outreach program. Officials at the school in Williamsburg declined to comment Thursday.

The Southern Baptist Convention voted last week to sever ties with Broadway Baptist Church of Fort Worth because it said the church did not adhere to the language in the denomination's constitution calling for churches not to "approve or endorse homosexual behavior." The choir will instead travel to Tennessee to First Baptist Church of Nashville.

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Information from: Fort Worth Star-Telegram, http://www.star-telegram.com

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