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A Resolution Condemning White Supremacy Causes Chaos at the Southern Baptist Convention
At its annual meeting, the evangelical denomination initially declined to consider a statement of its opposition to the alt-right
The Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting turned chaotic in Phoenix this week over a resolution that condemned white supremacy and the alt-right, on Tuesday, leaders initially declined to consider the proposal submitted by a prominent black pastor in Texas, Dwight McKissic, and only changed course after a significant backlash. On Wednesday afternoon, the body passed a revised statement against the alt-right. But the drama over the resolution revealed deep tension lines within a denomination that was explicitly founded to support slavery ...
https://www.theatlantic.com/politic...-convention-alt-right-white-supremacy/530244/
Southern Baptist Convention President Steve Gaines and his wife, Donna, pray at the denomination's 2017 annual meeting
EMMA GREEN
JUN 14, 2017
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A Resolution Condemning White Supremacy Causes Chaos at the Southern Baptist Convention
At its annual meeting, the evangelical denomination initially declined to consider a statement of its opposition to the alt-right
The Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting turned chaotic in Phoenix this week over a resolution that condemned white supremacy and the alt-right, on Tuesday, leaders initially declined to consider the proposal submitted by a prominent black pastor in Texas, Dwight McKissic, and only changed course after a significant backlash. On Wednesday afternoon, the body passed a revised statement against the alt-right. But the drama over the resolution revealed deep tension lines within a denomination that was explicitly founded to support slavery ...
https://www.theatlantic.com/politic...-convention-alt-right-white-supremacy/530244/
Southern Baptist Convention President Steve Gaines and his wife, Donna, pray at the denomination's 2017 annual meeting
EMMA GREEN
JUN 14, 2017
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