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‘Identity crisis’: will the US’s largest evangelical denomination move even further right?

… discounts the lived experiences of Black Americans who have had to … the executive director of the African American Fellowship for the Georgia Baptist … listening to the concerns of African Americans, you may see a … to the voices of African American leaders.”

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