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In a close vote, members of the Southern Baptist Convention have voted to accept the alternate unofficial name of ``Great Commission Baptists.'' The debate on Tuesday immediately followed the election of the Rev. Fred Luter as the denomination’s first African-American president. RNS photo courtesy Baptist Press
Sally Morrow

In a close vote, members of the Southern Baptist Convention have voted to accept the alternate unofficial name of “Great Commission Baptists.” The debate on Tuesday immediately followed the election of the Rev. Fred Luter as the denomination’s first African-American president.

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