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Tony Evans, the senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Church, said that because the Church instigated the problem of racism in the United States, it’s up to the Body of Christ to serve as the solution.
President of the Southern Baptist Convention, Ed Litton, warned an audience that gathered for a racial reconciliation event at his Redemption Church in Mobile, Alabama, that “indifference is killing us” and in order to overcome racial prejudice, “we outta go and work at it.”
President of the Southern Baptist Convention, Ed Litton, warned an audience that gathered for a racial reconciliation event at his Redemption Church in Mobile, Alabama, that “indifference is killing us” and in order to overcome racial prejudice, “we outta go and work at it.”
An upset in the SBC presidential race In a hotly contested election decided by just over 500 votes, Alabama pastor Ed Litton was elected president of the SBC. Litton, the longtime pastor of Redemption Church in Saraland, Alabama, a congregation with 3,900 members, was considered a long shot in the race. Two other candidates—Georgia pastor Mike Stone, a leader among conservative critics of current SBC leaders, and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary president Al Mohler—had been considered the favorites. Mohler was knocked out during the first round of ballots, receiving about a quart...
Who is Ed Litton? Meet the Alabama pastor elected president of Southern Baptist Convention. Duane W. Gang and Holly Meyer, Nashville Tennessean Southern Baptists vote to debate sex abuse probe Replay Video NASHVILLE — Ed Litton would have been happy remaining a local church pastor. Instead, Litton finds himself leading the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. as it faces continued divisions over race, a sex abuse crisis and the role of women in ministry. Litton, elected Tuesday as the next president of the Southern Baptist Convention, is seen by many as a pastor ...