Martin Luter King?

Why should you always bring two Baptists with you when you're going fishing?

If you only bring one, he'll drink all your beer.

not all the luters were black, subby

Any article regarding Southern Baptists warrants a scary tag.

Hide the beer? Heck no, just use the same solution that you would for fishing trips, bring another Baptist.

Walker: Martin Luter King?

Menthol Luter King Jr.

What a luter might look like:

Well...I suppose progress of a sort is being made. When I was a growing up all the SBC churches I knew about, including my own, wouldn't let African-Americans work as janitors, let alone join the congregation.

Gonna be the longest baptism ever. Full immersion, 10 maybe 15 minutes.

I like how the Southern Baptists hold their convention in the capital of debauchery.

yequalsy: Well...I suppose progress of a sort is being made. When I was a growing up all the SBC churches I knew about, including my own, wouldn't let African-Americans work as janitors, let alone join the congregation.


That's the impression/stereotype I had of SBs.

SBC having a black president. It's like opposite land.

Oh...the church has been all modern since.... 1965 1975 1985 1995

from wikipedia:

The SBC became a separate denomination in 1845 in Augusta, Georgia, following a regional split with northern Baptists over the issues of slavery. After the American Civil War, another split occurred: most black Baptists in the South separated from white churches and set up their own congregations.
...
In 1995, the Convention voted to adopt a resolution renouncing its racist roots and apologizing for its past defense of slavery, segregation, and white supremacism.[31][32] This marked the denomination's first formal acknowledgment that racism had a profound role in its early and modern history. By the early 21st century, there were increasing numbers of ethnically diverse congregations within the convention. In 2008, almost 20 percent were estimated to be majority African American, Asian or Hispanic. The SBC then had an estimated one million African-American members.[33] This has also been encouraged by a series of resolutions recommending the inclusion of more black members and to appoint black leaders.[34]

I saw him preach the Sunday before last, "Men Day" at Franklin Avenue Baptist Church. He knows his congregation well, almost all by name. He was very welcoming to all guest groups (I was part of a group of 70). I'm still not a big SBC fan, but change is easiest when it comes from within.

/Still will never submit to my husband.
//Non-UCC congregationalism 4 lyfe!!!11eleventy

Who threw the whiskey in the well?

Link

rip Luter Vandross

Two questions.

First, will this be sufficient to demonstrate to non-Baptists that the SBC has indeed changed and has made real progress with the concept of racial equality? My guess is no - the perpetually, professionally aggrieved will never let go of anything they view as an opportunity.

Second, how long until people outside the SBC start referring to the Reverend Luter as an Uncle Tom? My guess - couple weeks, tops.

RIP Lute Olson

False advertising subby , I thought Lootie went legit on us.

Next you will be telling me they are hosting a dance and have women in the pulpit

JohnCarter: Next you will be telling me they are hosting a dancehaving sex standing up and have women in the pulpit

FTFY

How do you keep a Southern Baptist from drinking all your beer on a fishing trip?

Bring another Southern Baptist.

/also works with Mormons

Jacobin: I like how the Southern Baptists hold their convention in the capital of debauchery.

Las Vegas demands a recount.

There's a joke about 2 baptists, beer and a fishing trip... No, there's 3 people.... wait ... how's it go?

♫♪♫♫♪♫ Love, exciting and new
Come Aboard. We're expecting you.
Love, life's sweetest reward.
Let it flow, it floats back to you.

Love Boat soon will be making another run
The Love Boat promises something for everyone....... ♫♪♫♫♪♫

/ Oh wait, no Lootie, cool, nevermind......

Silly baptists. It's spelt "looter".

Here's the Elected one. Should appeal to all members, I would think.

Minktastic Mink!: Any article regarding Southern Baptists warrants a scary tag.

spoken like someone who didn't RTFA. stories of people hanging in there and showing compassion for one another in a time of complete devastation isn't scary. If anything, he deserves

Green Scorpio: Minktastic Mink!: Any article regarding Southern Baptists warrants a scary tag.

spoken like someone who didn't RTFA. stories of people hanging in there and showing compassion for one another in a time of complete devastation isn't scary. If anything, he deserves [img1.fark.net image 54x11]

Yeah, man, everybody knows all the racists are Evangelicals, anyways.

I hoping the entrenched white establishment doesn't make him their whipping boy.

pion: Green Scorpio: Minktastic Mink!: Any article regarding Southern Baptists warrants a scary tag.

spoken like someone who didn't RTFA. stories of people hanging in there and showing compassion for one another in a time of complete devastation isn't scary. If anything, he deserves [img1.fark.net image 54x11]

Yeah, man, everybody knows all the racists are Evangelicals, anyways.

who said anything about racists?

As a Luteran I'm getting a kick out of these replies.

/Hide yo kids, hide yo wife
//They're Lute'n everybody out here

The lulz in this thread- scrumtulescent.

Nothing like an old, tired racist FARK meme that was never funny to begin with.

KnowledgeJunkie: The lulz in this thread- scrumtulescent.

I'm unfamiliar with this word... looks pretty cromulent

Hermione_Granger: Nothing like an old, tired racist FARK meme that was never funny to begin with.

your name is from a kids book. your opinion doesn't matter.

Southern baptists are evangelical.

Hide the Beer, the Pastor's Here.

A secret party tonight in New Orleans!

Andrew Wiggin: Hermione_Granger: Nothing like an old, tired racist FARK meme that was never funny to begin with.

your name is from a kids book. your opinion doesn't matter.

I LOL'd!

Mr. Right: Two questions.

First, will this be sufficient to demonstrate to non-Baptists that the SBC has indeed changed and has made real progress with the concept of racial equality? My guess is no - the perpetually, professionally aggrieved will never let go of anything they view as an opportunity.

Second, how long until people outside the SBC start referring to the Reverend Luter as an Uncle Tom? My guess - couple weeks, tops.

Seeing as how you're already complaining about a problem you don't have, if you were black you'd probably be one of the biggest whiners out there.

Harumph. Someone changed my headline.

Allen. The end. 2012-06-19 02:46:45 PM

Andrew Wiggin: Hermione_Granger: Nothing like an old, tired racist FARK meme that was never funny to begin with.

your name is from a kids book. your opinion doesn't matter.

I LOL'd!

It's a kid's book about racist assholes like you.

Andrew Wiggin: Hermione_Granger: Nothing like an old, tired racist FARK meme that was never funny to begin with.

your name is from a kids book. your opinion doesn't matter.

Technically...so is yours.

/nothing but love
//you have the largest collection of eyebleach of which I have ever heard
///don't hate.

On the radio I heard they selected a black creature for the job... I guess my hearing is going. I laughed pretty hard when I realized it was a black preacher

And in 60 years they'll elect a gay leader who will lead them in their hatred of a new group.

And all the gay religious people will forget how this group led the charge to remove their rights.

/history repeats over and over

Allen. The end.: Southern baptists are evangelical.

No, Southern Baptists are evangelical. Some southern Baptists, like certain Primitive Baptists, aren't evangelical at all.

Good for him! The Franklin Avenue Baptist Church is right down the street (sorta) from me.

Dull Cow Eyes: Oh...the church has been all modern since.... 1965 1975 1985 1995

from wikipedia:

The SBC became a separate denomination in 1845 in Augusta, Georgia, following a regional split with northern Baptists over the issues of slavery. After the American Civil War, another split occurred: most black Baptists in the South separated from white churches and set up their own congregations.
...
In 1995, the Convention voted to adopt a resolution renouncing its racist roots and apologizing for its past defense of slavery, segregation, and white supremacism.[31][32] This marked the denomination's first formal acknowledgment that racism had a profound role in its early and modern history. By the early 21st century, there were increasing numbers of ethnically diverse congregations within the convention. In 2008, almost 20 percent were estimated to be majority African American, Asian or Hispanic. The SBC then had an estimated one million African-American members.[33] This has also been encouraged by a series of resolutions recommending the inclusion of more black members and to appoint black leaders.[34]

That may be the date of formal acknowledgement, but growing up in the 1970's in an SBC congregation, we were already looking at opportunities to become more racially diverse, I remember it being a big deal when in the late 1970's a black family finally joined the church. It was looked at as a positive development by the leadership and by everyone I knew there. Can't speak for the whole congregation personally since it had over 2000 members at that time and a bunch more 'regular attenders'.