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What Pastor Willy Rice, New SBC President, Said About Donald Trump
Pastor Willy Rice has pushed for the church to reject "wokeness" but he criticized a social media post of President Donald Trump.
Pastor Willy Rice was elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC)—after being backed by a former official's staffer in President Donald Trump's administration—but he hasn't always been complimentary of the president.
Rice's election marks an ideological shift to the right in the nations largest Protestant denomination. Rice has been critical of the crackdown on sexual abuse in the church, saying the social justice movement has gone too far, and has championed a resurgence of a new conservative resurgence in the church. …
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