Reverend Fred Luter, Jr. has been elected as the first black President of the Southern Baptist Convention. The organization that has had the tarnished reputation of being a place for white supremecy, racism and segregation since the mid 1800s, made a decision to change their current course in history. Reverend Fred Luter, Jr. was unopposed […]
HOUSTON — The Rev. Fred Luter, pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans, was elected Tuesday as the first African-American president of the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. Luter’s candidacy at the convention’s annual meeting in New Orleans on Tuesday was unchallenged. Before the vote, the Rev. David Crosby of […]
