Black Southern Baptists weigh in on critical race theory critique by officials
The president of the National African American Fellowship told Baptist Press the SBC seminary presidents’ statement created concerns among African American pastors.
December 11, 2020
(RNS) The president of the National African American Fellowship of the Southern Baptist Convention has asked for a meeting with six seminary presidents who recently declared that an academic set of ideas on race known as “critical race theory” is incompatible with the denomination’s faith statement.
The Rev. Marshal L. Ausberry Sr., who is also the first vice president of the predominantly white SBC, said in a statement released via Baptist Press on Friday (Dec. 11), “We affirm that systemic racism exists, and like all Southern Baptists we oppose racism in all its forms.