Pastor wants SBC to repudiate Confederate flag

[struggle4progress]

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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1. Wasn't the SBC formed around the Civil Wat?

[struggle4progress]

2. The Baptists split over slavery about fifteen years before the war

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3. Thanks for the info

[Major Nikon]

4. I suspect that's going to go over like a turd in the punchbowl