Fred Luter speaks at the Southern Baptist Convention s Annual Meeting in New Orleans, June 18, 2012. Luter was elected president of SBC on Tuesday, June 19. | (Photo: The Christian Post)
Fred Luter, the Southern Baptist Convention’s first and only black president, along with current leader J.D. Greear have joined a growing chorus of dissent over a statement from the denomination’s Council of Seminary Presidents denouncing racism and critical race theory.
, which argues that “the actions of some in the SBC appear to be more concerned with political maneuvering than working to present a vibrant, gospel-loving, racially and culturally diverse vision.”
direction and direction today there too much violence in our country. too few people too much, too many with little or nothing and the change toward a renewed sensitivity. if you will, the good samaritan to lift those who have been on jericho s roads. if that is his thrust right now there s a lot of top down politics with super pac money. the church s mission is to lift the mansion up, not the mansion down. i think he has a tremendous opportunity. he deserves support. he deserves a grace period to see what it is he wants to do. he deserves our prayers. indeed. now, is this going to be enough? because baptists at their convention are also trying to rebrand themselves. they ve approved an optional name calling themself great commission baptists based at the end of matthew s gospel where jesus commissions the disciples