Original sentence: At the 2002 Southern Baptist Convention, Pastor Jerry Vines famously criticized the Islamic religion, describing Mohammed as a "demon-possesed pedophile".In 1998, the church constructed a permanent, fully-functioning lighthouse attached to the corner of one of the church's  parking garages.In 1998, the church publicly opposed the city's proposed construction of a new amphitheater due to the possibility that it may attract more "satanic groups such as Marilyn Manson.In 2004, the church established a ministry for  the "sexually broken" ("people seeking emotional healing from rape or incest or people who seek deliverance from sexual addictions such as pornography, promiscuity, and voyeurism).Located inland at the intersection of Pearl & Union streets, the lighthouse served no navigational purpose except as a "spiritual beacon".The church has several times been the center of controversy:
Edited sentence: " A letter written to the local paper by an associate pastor also blacklisted Green Day, gangsta rap, Snoop Doggy Dogg and Korn, and spoke poorly of the 1st Amendment and free speech rights.Islamophobic comments made by Jerry Vines at the Southern Baptist convention in 2002.Located well inland at the intersection of Pearl & Union streets, the lighthouse serves no navigation purpose except as a "spiritual beacon".Neighbors complain about the light and its "ugliness".Opposition to the construction of a new amphitheater due to the possibility it may attract more "satanic groups such as Marilyn Manson.Segregation, especially at the church affiliated Baptist Medical Center which denied medical care to African Americans prior to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - African Americans operated a separate but not equal facility, Brewster Hospital from 1901 to 1966.The church has been the center of controversy regarding:.The church strongly supported a controversial effort to preserve a blue law banning Sunday alcohol sales, however the blue law was repealed despite the church's protests.The construction of a fully functioning lighthouse attached to the corner of one of the church's many parking decks.The establishment of a ministry for the "sexually broken" (victims of rape & incest, homosexuals, and people addicted to pornography).The ministry seeks to "heal" them