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View Comments Editor s note: This story first appeared online June 9 for subscribers only. Please support local journalism and get first access to more stories like this with our introductory offer for new subscribers. Southern Baptists are fighting again. Questions on critical race theory, the role of women in the church and who should be the next leader of the Southern Baptist Convention are roiling the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. It all could come to a head in Nashville where thousands of Southern Baptists are expected to gather June 15-16 for their first annual meeting since the pandemic hit. ....
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(RNS) On June 9, two Southern Baptist pastors, Tom Ascol of Florida and Tom Buck of Texas, called on the delegates to next week’s denominational meeting in Nashville to rescind Resolution 9, which lays out the SBC’s position on critical race theory (CRT), the academic framework behind many contemporary ideas about systemic racism. Since Resolution 9 passed at the 2019 annual meeting, opposition to CRT has become the cause du jour among some Southern Baptists, who claim it is the next great threat to Christianity and America. Resolution 9 said simply that while there might be some things we can learn from CRT as it analyzes how race has been constructed and worked in American history and culture, as Christians, we should always recognize that the Bible’s teachings are supreme. ....