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Southern Baptist Vote Signals Further Fractures in American Evangelicalism
The establishment narrowly headed off a takeover attempt by a hard-right movement. Some backers of the losing candidate are now considering leaving altogether.
Leaders of an ultraconservative insurgency in the Southern Baptist Convention characterize its president, J.D. Greear, and his newly elected successor, Ed Litton, as moderate, or even progressive.Credit.Mark Humphrey/Associated Press
June 16, 2021
NASHVILLE Southern Baptists agree that the Bible is divinely inspired and without error, that belief in Jesus is the only way to Heaven, that women may not serve as head pastors, and that true marriage is between one man and one woman.
Who is Ed Litton? Meet the Alabama pastor elected president of Southern Baptist Convention. Duane W. Gang and Holly Meyer, Nashville Tennessean
Southern Baptists vote to debate sex abuse probe
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NASHVILLE Ed Litton would have been happy remaining a local church pastor.
Instead, Litton finds himself leading the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. as it faces continued divisions over race, a sex abuse crisis and the role of women in ministry.
Litton, elected Tuesday as the next president of the Southern Baptist Convention, is seen by many as a pastor who can help Southern Baptists unite and avoid an exodus of minority members worried about whether they have a future home in the conservative denomination.
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Southern Baptists vote to debate sex abuse investigation
The move comes on the concluding day of the two-day gathering of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, attended by more than 15,000 voting delegates.
By TRAVIS LOLLER and PETER SMITHAssociated Press
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Delegates at the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to have a floor debate on a proposed investigation into the denomination’s handling of sexual abuse.
The SBC’s business committee had planned to refer the proposal to its Executive Committee – the same entity alleged to have failed in its response to abuse cases – but the vote put the measure back out on the floor for discussion in the afternoon.
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