via:christianpost   Religious leaders, including the Southern Baptist Convention’s newly elected African-American president, have spoken out against a Mississippi Baptist church that refused to host a wedding because the bride and groom are black.  The Rev. Fred Luter, first African-American president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), told the Baptist Press Monday that this […]

via:christianpost   NEW ORLEANS – All eyes are on Fred Luter as he officially begins his term as the first black president of the Southern Baptist Convention.  While many recognize Luter’s election in and of itself as a giant step forward in racial reconciliation, they say only time will tell what kind of impact his […]

  By Ed Stetzer via:christianpost This week, I am in New Orleans for the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting. This year’s gathering will be a historic one as Southern Baptists are poised to elect our first African-American convention president – Dr. Fred Luter. A denomination birthed with a racially-tinged history is now electing a descendant […]