NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination, has narrowly agreed to let churches use an alternative name less connected to the South and the group's past ties to slavery, leaders said on Wednesday. Full story
Rev. Jesse Jackson joins MSNBC’s Martin Bashir to discuss whether the Southern Baptist Convention’s election of a black minister as its leader makes up for a spotty record on race relations.
In an historic election, more than 160 years after its founding as a pro-slavery church, members of the Southern Baptist Convention chose its first black president. NBC Mark Potter reports.
(Reuters) - The largest Protestant denomination is poised to elect the first black president in its 167-year history, just weeks after the predominately white religious group reprimanded one of its officials for making racially insensitive remarks. Full story
Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, the country's largest Protestant denomination, on Tuesday opted against changing a name that has proved problematic for some churches because of its connection to the South and slavery. Full story
Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, previews an upcoming meeting between conservative religious leaders to talk about the state of the 2012 presidential race.
Participants in the Southern Baptist Convention listen at the convention in New Orleans on June 19, 2012.
Fred Luter Jr, a New Orleans pastor and civic leader, gives the final message of the two-day Pastors' Conference at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in New Orleans in this handout picture taken June 18, 2012. The largest U.S. Protestant denomination chose Luter to be its first black pr
Participants fill a ballroom to listen to speakers discuss Calvinism and its place in modern Baptism during the 2006 Pastors' Conference, Monday, June 12, 2006, in Greensboro, N.C. The Southern Baptist Convention begins its 2006 annual meeting Tuesday. There are more than 16.2 million Southern Bapti
