Progressive Baptists Seeking Justice For Muslims (8-5-04)

In stark contrast to the rhetoric of Holy War against all Muslims that has been streaming from the mouths of Southern Baptist leaders for the past two and a half years, Progressive National Baptists are encouraging the U.S. to intervene in Sudan on behalf of Black Muslims.

Kudos to Major Jemison, pastor of St. John's Missionary Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, for the prophetic voice that he raises on behalf of both American soldiers and Sudanese Muslims. Such voices were conspicuously absent on the platforms of both the Southern Baptist Convention and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship this summer.