I always thought that Southern Baptist could be black or white.
Watch all your major SBCs on TV
FBC Atlanta, Belvue..etc as a they
pan the congreation you can see for yourself.
Most likely only Southern Baptist churches were targeted due to their "whiteness". I am guessing this is a racially-motivated crime.
For those of you who don't know, the Southern Baptist Convention was formed due conflicts over slavery with the Baptists from the North. I am a Southern Baptist and while I am NOT proud of that distinction, I do appreciate my denomination's firm stance on issues that are core to my Faith. It is not a perfect grou by any means but neither is any other denominational body. Plus, it has managed to fight off the liberal (and heretical) version of Christianity that infected most major American Christian groups.
You are correct. I attend FBA and it is not predominately white. Maybe 50% or 60%.