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Who is pastor Ed Litton? Meet the new Southern Baptist Convention president Duane W. Gang and Holly Meyer, Nashville Tennessean Who is Ed Litton: A look at the Southern Baptist Convention president Replay Video 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 who can he...

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 who can help Southern Baptists unite and avoid an exodus of minority members worried about whether they have a future home in the conservative denomination.   "I think in some ways, I was ready to go home," he told repo...

Southern Baptists' new leader: long career as bridge builder DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer June 15, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5Pastor Ed Litton, center, of Saraland, Ala., attends the annual Southern Baptist Convention meeting Tuesday, June 15, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn.Mark Humphrey/APShow MoreShow Less 2of5People pray during the annual Southern Baptist Convention meeting Tuesday, June 15, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn.Mark Humphrey/APShow MoreShow Less 3of5 4of5People vote on a motion during the annual Southern Baptist Convention meeting Tuesday, June 15, 2021, in Nashville, T...

3rd Candidate Joins Race for SBC President Less than a week after a pastor announced a challenge to Al Mohler for president of the Southern Baptist Convention, another pastor also joined the race. But unlike the other two candidates who spent the last year promoting Donald Trump and attacking Critical Race Theory, the latest candidate instead worked for racial reconciliation and criticized Mohler’s anti-CRT efforts. Screengrab as Ed Litton preaches at the 2019 SBC Pastors’ Conference in Birmingham, Alabama. Ed Litton, pastor of Redemption Church in the Mobile, Alabama, suburb of Saraland,...