Luter, Greear latest Southern Baptist leaders to weigh in as turmoil over race theory grows
The fallout from a statement on critical race theory by six seminary presidents continued, as prominent Black leaders and their churches answer with objections or quit the SBC.
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary campus in Louisville, Kentucky. Photo courtesy of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
December 19, 2020
(RNS) — New Orleans pastor Fred Luter, the only Black person to have served as president of the predominantly white Southern Baptist Convention, has added his name to a statement on justice and repentance released Friday (Dec. 18).
The “Justice, Repentance, and the SBC” statement comes as Black Baptists and others continue to object to the rejection of “critical race theory,” a set of ideas about systemic racism, by the six white SBC seminary presidents.