Eventually, Carter would cut his ties to the Southern Baptist Convention, openly rejecting its increasingly conservative stands on moral and cultural issues. For the Baptist left, his message was ...

Eventually, Carter would cut his ties to the Southern Baptist Convention, openly rejecting its increasingly conservative stands on moral and cultural issues. For the Baptist left, his message was ...

Southern Baptist Jimmy Carter’s funeral was marred by the singing of John Lennon’s “Imagine” at the National Cathedral. Garth Brooks and his wife Trisha Yearwood performed the song at a ...

Carter grew up as the son of a deacon in the Southern Baptist Convention, a conservative denomination founded before the Civil War as a regional splinter group that supported slavery.

Carter was widely known as a man of faith, with his post-presidency defined by images of the Baptist Sunday School teacher building homes for low-income people. Former President Jimmy Carter ...

Former President Jimmy Carter was widely known as a man of faith, a born-again Christian who defined himself as a progressive evangelical. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

Former President Jimmy Carter was widely known as a man of faith, ... Carter grew up as the son of a deacon in the Southern Baptist Convention, ...