Pastor Fred Luter Jr. (Photo by Franklin Avenue Baptist Church)
Pastor Fred Luter Jr. (Photo by Franklin Avenue Baptist Church)
Southern Baptist Convention has elected the Rev. Fred Luter Jr., its first African-American president.
Luter, of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in Gentilly, garnered international attention by becoming the first African-American elected vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention.
The 68 million-member, predominately white Southern Baptist Convention was formed in 1845, when the issue of slavery caused a split in the church. Northern churches opposed slavery, while most Southern churches did not.
More than 45,000 churches belong to the organization.
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