Split Among Right Wing Evangelicals

Split Among Right Wing Evangelicals

Author: Burt Cohen June 24, 2021 Duration: 59:48
Logo of Southern Baptist Convention with a blue compass and cross design.

There are signs of serious splits emerging in the very conservative Southern Baptist Convention, which  is the largest Protestant denomination in America. Fifteen thousand of them just completed their annual gathering to elect a new president. The least hard liner

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