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Four years after America elected its first African-American president, America\u2019s largest Protestant religious body elected its own.<\/p>\n

In an unusual display of unanimity, more than 7,800 delegates to the Southern Baptist Convention\u2019s annual meeting stood and affirmed the election of Rev. Fred Luter of New Orleans as the 57th SBC president.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo God be the glory,\u201d said a tearful Luter, a lifelong resident of New Orleans who was the only nominee for the position. \u201cGod bless you. I love you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Luter\u2019s election came on June 19, also known as Juneteenth, a day that has become the symbolic anniversary of the freeing of the slaves. The Southern Baptist Convention was formed in 1845 by men who defended slavery as biblical.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany leaders are convinced this nomination is happening now by the providence of God and by divine appointment,\u201d said Dr. David Crosby, pastor of First Baptist Church in New Orleans.
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