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Southern Baptists Elect A New President, Ed Litton, Who Is Seen As A Bridge Builder
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J.D. Greear, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, welcomes messengers and guests during the first session of the two-day SBC Annual Meeting June 15-16, 2021 at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee. | Courtesy of Adam Covington
Outgoing Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear warned the largest Protestant denomination in the United States against being Pharisee-like hypocrites on issues pertaining to sexual abuse, racism and how they handle critical race theory.
More than 15,000 Southern Baptists came to Nashville, Tennessee, for the SBC’s annual meeting, held Tuesday and Wednesday at the Music City Center.
The annual meeting has garnered extensive attention from those outside of the SBC due to issues like the debate over critical race theory, traditional gender roles, and complementarian theology taking center stage.
Southern Baptists resist push from right in divisive vote
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Dr. Ronnie Floyd, center, president and CEO of the executive committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, speaks during the executive committee plenary meeting at the denomination s annual meeting Monday, June 14, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The Southern Baptist Convention tamped down a push from the right at its largest meeting in decades on Tuesday, electing a new president who has worked to bridge racial divides in the church and defeating an effort to make an issue of critical race theory.
The more than 15,000 delegates in attendance picked as their next leader Ed Litton, a white pastor from Alabama who was nominated by Fred Luter, the only Black pastor to serve as president of the United States’ largest Protest denomination. Luter praised Litton’s commitment to racial reconciliation and said he has dealt compassionately with the issue of sexual abuse wi