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Related: About this forumPastor wants SBC to repudiate Confederate flag
BOB ALLEN | APRIL 20, 2016
An African-American pastor is asking the Southern Baptist Convention to adopt a resolution calling for elimination of public display of the Confederate flag.
Dwight McKissic, pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas, recently submitted a resolution for possible consideration at the SBC annual meeting June 14-15 in St. Louis, Mo., urging individuals and both public and private institutions to discontinue use of the Confederate flag as a step in good faith toward racial healing in a country in many ways still divided by race ...
https://baptistnews.com/2016/04/20/pastor-wants-sbc-to-repudiate-confederate-flag/
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Pastor wants SBC to repudiate Confederate flag (Original Post)
struggle4progress
Apr 2016
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rug
(82,333 posts)1. Wasn't the SBC formed around the Civil Wat?
struggle4progress
(118,295 posts)2. The Baptists split over slavery about fifteen years before the war
rug
(82,333 posts)3. Thanks for the info
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)4. I suspect that's going to go over like a turd in the punchbowl