Who is Ed Litton, the new Southern Baptist Convention president?
Nashville, Tennessee, USRNS In a hotly contested election decided by just over 500 votes, Alabama pastor Ed Litton was elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Litton, the longtime pastor of Redemption Church in Saraland, Alabama, a congregation with 3,900 members, was considered a long shot in the presidential race. Two other candidates – Georgia […]
In the US, three church coalitions in the Deep South partner to urge racial reconciliation — and justice
RNS Leaders of multiracial coalitions of churches in three Southern cities have confessed to being too “comfortable” and committed anew to “work for justice to right past wrongs” and seek racial unity. “As a group of racially, ethnically, and politically diverse church leaders in the Deep South areas of Charleston, South Carolina, Montgomery, Alabama, and […]