Carter, Clinton Seek To Bring Together Moderate Baptists
Exiles From Conservative Group Targeted
By Alan Cooperman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, January 21, 2007

Former presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton are leading an effort to forge dozens of small and medium-size, black and white Baptist organizations into a robust coalition that would serve as a counterweight to the conservative Southern Baptist Convention.

The giant SBC, with more than 16 million members, has long dominated the political, theological and social landscape among Baptists, often spawning resentment among smaller Baptist groups. It has also been closely aligned with the Republican Party. the rest