Sentences with phrase «southern black congregations»

Most of the hearers were from small, poor, southern black congregations, but they were a people on the move.

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Honestly, I couldn't see the majority of a Baptist congregation (especially Southern Baptist) lobbying to ban a black couple from getting married in the sanctuary.

Religion News Service: Black Southern Baptists try to keep expectations in check for first black SBC president With the Southern Baptist Convention poised to elect its first African - American president at its meeting next week in New Orleans, the mostly black congregation at Colonial Baptist Church is equal parts excited and astoniBlack Southern Baptists try to keep expectations in check for first black SBC president With the Southern Baptist Convention poised to elect its first African - American president at its meeting next week in New Orleans, the mostly black congregation at Colonial Baptist Church is equal parts excited and astoniblack SBC president With the Southern Baptist Convention poised to elect its first African - American president at its meeting next week in New Orleans, the mostly black congregation at Colonial Baptist Church is equal parts excited and astoniblack congregation at Colonial Baptist Church is equal parts excited and astonished.

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