John A. Broadus
Gavel named for slaveholder replaced with one recalling missionary at SBC meeting
By Adelle M. Banks — June 15, 2021
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) — SBC President J.D. Greear is showing ‘the need for continuing to move from the past that we had to the present that we’re in,’ says a SBC historian.
SBC seminary votes to retain slaveholders’ names on buildings
By Adelle M. Banks — October 13, 2020
(RNS) — Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President R. Albert Mohler Jr. said: ‘Our task is to honor the saintly without condoning, hiding, or denying the sinful.’
Retire gavel named for slaveholder, Southern Baptist President J.D. Greear says
By Adelle M. Banks — June 10, 2020
(RNS) — Greear said he had felt uneasy using the gavel at the 2019 meeting in Birmingham, Alabama.
Southern Baptist historic gavel a reminder of racist legacy
By Adelle M. Banks — June 13, 2019
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) — The so-called 1872 Broadus gavel, which calls to order a church body that has sought racial reconciliation within its ranks, is named for slaveholder John A. Broadus.
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