Carter declared that he was no longer a Southern Baptist and threw his support behind a competing movement of moderates.

deacon chairman and Training Union Director at First Baptist Church in Bossier City then a deacon and deacon chairman at Airline Baptist Church. Bill sang in church choirs and quartets throughout ...

James Edward Christian, 88, went home to be with the Lord Sunday, January 12, 2025, surrounded by his family.

James Edward Christian, 88, went home to be with the Lord Sunday, January 12, 2025, surrounded by his family.

Carter talked openly and often in the 1976 campaign about his evangelical “born again” faith, ignoring those who advised him to downplay his beliefs.

Donald Gordon, former managing editor of the Southeast Missourian, passed away Jan. 12, 2025. A Navy veteran and award-winning journalist, he was also a devoted Southern Baptist and author.

How did Carter come to define his faith? Carter grew up as the son of a deacon in the Southern Baptist Convention, a conservative denomination founded before the Civil War as a regional splinter ...

Carter grew up as the son of a deacon in the Southern Baptist Convention, a conservative denomination founded before the Civil War as a regional splinter group that supported slavery. He did not ...

Carter grew up as the son of a deacon in the Southern Baptist Convention, a conservative denomination founded before the Civil War as a regional splinter group that supported slavery. He did not ...

The Baptist deacon responded with an 823-word soliloquy ... key Democratic constituencies - "wondered if he was this Southern square." "Hamilton Jordan (Carter's campaign manager) had always ...

Carter, a deacon and Sunday school teacher at Maranatha ... He said those were being dissipated by the Southern Baptist denominational trend toward demanding conformity and melding church and ...