Retire gavel named for slaveholder, Southern Baptist President JD Greear says
RNS For most of their history, Southern Baptists have opened their meetings with a gavel named for a slaveholder. The president of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination now says that gavel should be retired. Southern Baptist Convention President JD Greear brings the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention to order using the 1872 Broadus […]
Southern Baptist historic gavel a reminder of racist legacy
Birmingham, Alabama, USRNS When the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention opens, a little-noticed ritual usually occurs. An SBC executive hands a gavel to the person elected president the previous June. That act officially opens the meeting. Southern Baptist Convention President JD Greear brings the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention to order […]