ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Southern Baptists divided over politics, race, LGBTQ policy Divisions over race, politics, gender and LGBTQ issues are roiling the Southern Baptist Convention ahead of a meeting of its executive committee next week By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer February 20, 2021, 2:32 PM • 6 min read The Associated Press Jim Conrad, pastor of Towne View Baptist Church, looks at a copy of a letter from the Southern Baptist Convention's credentials committee on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, in Kennesaw, Ga. During an SBC meeting in late February, its executive committee will discuss a recommendation that Conrad's church be ousted from the SBC because it accepted LGBTQ people into its congregation. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)