US evangelical leaders call on Trump to condemn the alt-right
RNS White nationalist demonstrators walk through town after their rally was closed down near Lee Park in Charlottesville, Virginia, on 12th August, 2017. PICTURE: AP Photo/Steve Helber. A who’s who of Southern Baptist leaders and some other evangelicals have written a letter to US President Donald Trump calling on him to do more to condemn […]
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In the US, Southern Baptists condemn white supremacy in a dramatic turnabout
RNS After a fierce backlash on social media, Southern Baptists reversed course and adopted a statement denouncing “alt-right white supremacy,” calling it “antithetical to the Gospel of Jesus Christ”. The unusual move on Wednesday was a shift from the previous day, when the Southern Baptist Convention’s Resolutions Committee declined to bring to a vote a Texas […]