Southern Baptists new leader: long career as bridge builder
DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer
June 15, 2021
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As ideological divisions wracked the Southern Baptist Convention this year ahead of a pivotal national meeting, one of the leading candidates for its presidency, Ed Litton, embraced a role as the man best equipped to build bridges and promote unity.
Southern Baptists elect Alabama pastor Litton as president
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 |
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Southern Baptist messengers, gathering this week in Nashville, have elected Alabama pastor Ed Litton to lead the denomination for the next two years.
The nominees vying for the two-year stint were Litton, Georgia pastor Mike Stone, and seminary leader Albert Mohler.
Results from the first ballot were as follows:
Mohler: 23.62% (3,764 votes)
Stone: 36.48% (5,216 votes)
Litton: 32.38% (4,630 votes)
Results from a second-ballot runoff between Stone and Litton were as follows:
Litton: 52.04% (6,834 votes)
Stone: 47.82% (6,278 votes)
Stone was the preferred candidate of the Conservative Baptist Network, a newly formed group within the SBC that has vocally warned about the leftward drift of the conservative denomination. The group has denounced now-departed Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission leader Russell Moore for attacking Southe
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J.D. Greear, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, welcomes messengers and guests during the first session of the two-day SBC Annual Meeting June 15-16, 2021 at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee. | Courtesy of Adam Covington
Outgoing Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear warned the largest Protestant denomination in the United States against being Pharisee-like hypocrites on issues pertaining to sexual abuse, racism and how they handle critical race theory.
More than 15,000 Southern Baptists came to Nashville, Tennessee, for the SBC’s annual meeting, held Tuesday and Wednesday at the Music City Center.
The annual meeting has garnered extensive attention from those outside of the SBC due to issues like the debate over critical race theory, traditional gender roles, and complementarian theology taking center stage.