President Carter deplores 'melding of church and state'.Former President Jimmy Carter, a devout Baptist and Sunday School teacher, still retains his lifelong support for separation of church and state
Carter took reporters' questions during the Baptist World Centenary Congress in Birmingham, England, July 27-31. He addressed several issues, including terrorism, tension among religions and the war in Iraq. On church-state relations, Associated Baptist Press The Associated Baptist Press was founded in 1990 and is the first and only independent Baptist news agency in the United States. The ABP annually publishes over 600 news and feature stories. It is based in Jacksonville, Florida and has news bureaus in Washington, D.C. reported that Carter said, "We deplore the melding of church and state." Carter, 80, attends Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga., where he frequently teaches Sunday School classes. He has been active in the Baptist World Alliance The Baptist World Alliance is a worldwide alliance of Baptist churches and organizations, formed in 1905 at Exeter Hall in London during the first Baptist World Congress. (BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) High-speed wireless access. Typically refers to wireless last mile access to the Internet. See WiMAX and broadband. ), an umbrella group of more than 211 Baptist organizations from more than 200 countries worldwide. Last year, the Southern Baptist Convention Noun 1. Southern Baptist Convention - an association of Southern Baptists association - a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association" Southern Baptist - a member of the Southern Baptist Convention voted to leave the BWA, accusing the organization of drifting toward liberalism and tolerating gay rights. The pull-out cost the group 20 percent of its budget. Carter said he "felt excluded" when the SBC pulled out but expressed hope the denomination would return. |
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