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Recruitment efforts
draw African American pastors to SBC missions efforts, though growth is
slowing.
David Roach
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Last year, pastor Charlie
Dates led Progressive Baptist Church, a historic, black congregation on
Chicago’s South Side, to affiliate with the Southern Baptist Convention
(SBC).
The 100-year-old church is
still part of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, a mainline,
African American denomination, and convincing his social justice-minded
members to join the SBC was “one of the hardest lifts” of Dates’ 10-year
pastorate, he said.
Dates is among several
high-profile black ...
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Friday, August 21, 2020
Black Southern Baptist Churches on the Rise
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