Southern Baptists Elect a New President, Ed Litton, Who Is Seen As a Bridge Builder

[SummerMadness]

Southern Baptists Elect a New President, Ed Litton, Who Is Seen As a Bridge Builder

As ideological divisions wracked the Southern Baptist Convention this year ahead of a pivotal national meeting, one of the leading candidates for its presidency, Ed Litton, embraced a role as the man best equipped to build bridges and promote unity.

Southern Baptists elect Ed Litton as their president, a defeat for the hard right

The Southern Baptist Convention elected Ed Litton as its president on Tuesday, signaling a defeat for the hard right within the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.

Litton narrowly defeated Mike Stone, the favored candidate of the far right. For the past few years, the convention has been mired in debates over racism, politics and sexual misconduct that mirror many of the same debates in the Republican Party. The election took place at the convention’s annual meeting in Nashville.

In recent weeks, as leaked letters and backroom deals dominated conversations among Southern Baptists, Litton, pastor of First Baptist Church North Mobile in Alabama, pitched himself as someone who would lead the convention toward more racial reconciliation. Fred Luter, the first and only Black pastor to serve as president of the SBC, nominated Litton for the position. At the meeting Tuesday, Litton spoke fondly of how he and Luter have swapped pulpits. The crowd cheered after Luter’s speech in favor of Litton, in which Luter said Litton “brings a compassionate and shepherding heart. We need a pastor who has a love for God and God’s people.”

 

[Hammster]

That’s a disappointment.

 

[jayem]

Pastor Litton seems to be an excellent choice—rational and level headed. He’s got a tough job, at a time when even religious denominations are ideologically divided. I wish him the best.

 

[98cwitr]

Anyone got a breakdown of his theological convictions? That's truly all that matters regarding the direction that he's fixing to attempt to take the SBC.

 

[Hammster]

This was from his church’s website. It’s since been removed without comment.

That’s heretical, by the way.

 

[Arcangl86]

This was from his church’s website. It’s since been removed without comment.

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That’s heretical, by the way.

How exactly is that heretical?

 

[Hammster]

How exactly is that heretical?

He’s not three equal co-parts.

 

[Arcangl86]

He’s not three equal co-parts.

What is he then?

 

[Hammster]

What is he then?

Three Persons, one Being, with all three Persons being fully God.

 

[SummerMadness]

Three Persons, one Being, with all three Persons being fully God.

How is your quoted text different from that?

 

[Hammster]

How is your quoted text different from that?

God isn’t parts.

 

[durangodawood]

Three Persons, one Being, with all three Persons being fully God.

What the difference?

 

[Hammster]

What the difference?

God isn’t parts.

 

[SummerMadness]

God isn’t parts.

Your complaint seems to be an issue of word choice. What does parts mean from your quoted definition in your estimation? How does this differ from your definition?

 

[durangodawood]

God isn’t parts.

But He's people?

 

[Hammster]

Your complaint seems to be an issue of word choice. What does parts mean from your quoted definition in your estimation? How does this differ from your definition?

God isn’t parts.

 

[Hammster]

But He's people?

Persons.

 

[SummerMadness]

God isn’t parts.

You did not answer my question. If you're not willing to engage in discussion, that's cool. Farewell.

 

[durangodawood]

Persons.

People is a perfectly acceptable plural of person.

 

[Hammster]

You did not answer my question. If you're not willing to engage in discussion, that's cool. Farewell.

I’m not sure how to make it clearer. They said that God has parts. He doesn’t.