Carter at Center of the Stage in Celebration

The Atlanta Journal Constitution has published a story about the Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant under the title, "Carter Center Stage of Baptist Gathering." Here's a quote:

William Leonard, a Baptist scholar from Wake Forest University, said, "This meeting is historic if for no other reason, it has the potential to be the largest African-American, Anglo and Latino gathering of Baptists ever in this country. That alone makes it historic, and one of the few people who could have gotten black and white Baptists together at the table is Jimmy Carter because of the credibility he has as a world leader and a Sunday school-teaching Baptist."

Carter said Sunday that he hopes the meeting will show the world that Christians with theological differences can get beyond them and minister together, including working on broader social causes like justice, HIV/AIDS, sexual trafficking and feeding the hungry.