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Southern Baptists elect new convention president, bucking effort to push conservative denomination [View all]
Southern Baptists elect new convention president, bucking effort to push conservative denomination to the rightThousands of Southern Baptists elected Alabama pastor Ed Litton — the only candidate some say can prevent an exodus of minority members from the denomination — to serve as the next president of their network of conservative evangelical churches.
Litton won the top Southern Baptist Convention role in a runoff vote on Tuesday in Nashville. He defeated Georgia pastor Mike Stone.
The convention, which is divided over its future direction, needs a uniter, said Louisiana pastor Fred Luter Jr., who nominated the pastor of Redemption Church in Saraland, Alabama.
"Ed is uniquely qualified to do that," said Luter, a former convention president and the first Black leader to serve in the role.
Read more: https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/religion/2021/06/15/southern-baptist-convention-2021-new-president-elected-ed-litton/7694291002/
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