Janene Cates Putman of Athens, Tenn., demonstrates outside the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting on Tuesday, during a rally in Birmingham, Ala. Julie Bennett/AP hide caption
Southern Baptist Convention Southern Baptist Convention
Stories About
Southern Baptist Convention
Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami, photographed at a news conference in 2015, said the Trump administration's policy of separating immigrant children from their families "goes against the values of our nation." Sid Hastings/AP hide caption
Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Southern Baptist Convention meeting on Wednesday in Dallas. Rodger Mallison/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/TNS via Getty Images hide caption
Pence Speech Riles Some As Southern Baptists' Moderates Gain Strength
Paige Patterson makes his opening speech to the Southern Baptist Convention in June 1999 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. John Bazemore/AP hide caption
Paige Patterson, president of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, speaks at a meeting in Indianapolis in 2004. Tom Strickland/AP hide caption
Paige Patterson, president of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, is scheduled to speak at an upcoming Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Dallas. Here, he speaks in Indianapolis in 2004. Tom Strickland /AP hide caption
The Rev. William McKissic whose resolution to condemn white supremacy was passed at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting on Wednesday in Phoenix. Ross D. Franklin/AP hide caption
Russell Moore (left), president of the Southern Baptists' Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, is under attack from some of the religious right figures he criticized during the U.S. presidential campaign. Mark Humphrey/AP hide caption
The UN-run Zaatari camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan. KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Russell Moore preaching during the first plenary address, "Black, And White And Red All Over: Why Racial Reconciliation Is A Gospel Issue." Alli Rader hide caption
Southern Baptists Don't Shy Away From Talking About Their Racist Past
Many Baptist leaders consider marriage to be a foundation for adult life and some are actively encouraging tying the knot earlier. Rosemary Woods/Illustration Works/Corbis hide caption
Pastor Fred Luter, of New Orleans, who's set to be president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Ross D. Franklin/AP hide caption