Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear said the SBC is focused on growing its diversity. It is doing it through what amounts to playing identity politics in its committee appointments and church planting. And we know about it thanks to Greear. Greear released a message about the upcoming 2020 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting scheduled for June 9-10 in Orlando, Florida.
Greear said,
“We know that the United States is changing. Already, nearly 20 percent of our membership in the SBC is non-Anglo. Beyond that, 63 percent of all churches planted in our Convention were planted by people of color.