by Emmanuel McCall | Mar 9, 2017 | Opinion
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) adopted the “Statement on the Crisis in the Nation” in June 1968. This action was championed by state and national denominational SBC leaders. It called on the churches and people of the SBC to repent of past racism...
by Emmanuel McCall | Jan 16, 2017 | Opinion
It is well known that Martin Luther King Jr. had a brilliant mind, especially about spiritual and theological matters. That influence was stimulated by his father, grandfather, uncles and the preachers of stature that he met – especially Benjamin E. Mays and...
by Emmanuel McCall | Dec 6, 2016 | Opinion
I came to the Home Mission Board staff of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) in July 1968. In the previous month, at its annual meeting, the SBC passed a “Statement On The Crises in Our Nation.” SBC agencies were charged with implementing its...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Jan 15, 2016 | News
Martin Luther King Jr. appeared on the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary campus in Louisville, Kentucky, on April 19, 1961, having been invited by Henlee Barnette and several other professors to deliver the prestigious Julius Brown Gay lectures. King’s SBTS...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Oct 23, 2014 | News
Emmanuel McCall is the interim pastor of Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta and a former Baptist Center for Ethics board member. Emmanuel was an interviewee in EthicsDaily.com’s documentary, “Beneath the Skin: Baptists and Racism,” and was named...