The Christian Post reports:
Southern Baptist Convention President Bart Barber has condemned the idea that the church should be running government and warned advocates of Christian nationalism that pursuing such an agenda will result in the persecution of Christians.
“It stands contrary to 400 years of Baptist history and everything I believe about religious liberty. I’m opposed to the idea of Christian dominion, churchly dominion over the operations of government,” Barber insisted in a wide-ranging interview with Anderson Cooper on CBS’ “60 Minutes” on Sunday.
“I object to it because Jesus said His kingdom is not of this world. I object to it because every time it’s been adopted it wound up persecuting people like me. It doesn’t stop at persecuting people who are not Christians,” he said. “It eventually winds up persecuting people who are Christians for whom the flavor of their Christianity is different from that of the government.”
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“I pray for [Joe Biden] consistently as the president of the United States. I believe he was legitimately elected,” Southern Baptist Conference president Bart Barber tells @andersoncooper. https://t.co/dBKsC5Ayds pic.twitter.com/UTVFg7I2Xm
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The SBC’s anti-abortion resolution has no mental health exception. Asked about the case of a pregnant 10-year-old, Bart Barber says she should have had the child, adding he has “tremendous compassion for her… I’m trying to work against child sexual abuse” https://t.co/dBKsC5Ayds pic.twitter.com/MSiGWHjEsN
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) October 9, 2022