A Florida church being targeted by the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) Credentials Committee for platforming disgraced pastor Johnny Hunt is now threatening legal action against the SBC.

The church—Hiland Park Baptist Church in Panama City, Florida—was recently placed under inquiry by the Credentials Committee for actions allegedly out of step with the SBC’s stance on sexual abuse. Hunt, a former SBC president who’s accused of sexual assault, joined Hiland Park Baptist last summer, after leaving his longtime church in the Atlanta area, First Baptist Woodstock.

In a letter dated Wednesday, Hiland Park leadership stated it is discussing the inquiry with legal counsel “in pursuance of all our legal recourses.” The church added that there is “no proof whatsoever” that Hunt has “committed sexual abuse.” And it claimed the inquiry “violates every historic norm” about Southern Baptist church autonomy.

Hiland Park’s leadership argued that the Credentials…