Baptists are the largest Protestant grouping in the United States, and the Southern Baptist Convention is the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S., with 16 million members.
The largest denomination among African Americans is the National Baptist Convention, with 7.5 million members, along with the smaller but more liberal Progressive National Baptist Convention (PNBC), with over 2000 churches and a total membership of 2.5 million.
I have spoken to a lot of Southern Baptists and I am quite certain that only a HANDFUL will vote for Obama. Their main concern with Romney is his MORMON faith.
Black Baptists are turned off by Obama’s stance on gay marriage and his extreme stance on partial birth abortion ( where he would not even support a bill protecting an infant surviving a botched abortion ). However, they still feel some kinship with him based on skin color ( no getting away from that ).
As for the progressive baptists, there is no doubt that they will go with Obama.
It remains to be seen if Southern Baptists can overcome their concern with a Mormon president and turn out in huge numbers and if Black Baptists are sufficiently turned off by Obama’s liberal stance on social issues to either vote Romney or stay home.
Thanks for your informed insight.
So if you roll it all up... does a 49/48 Baptist split pass the smell test? Or not?
Those here with all the hoopla ..I never figured out what their denominations were.
I am Southern baptist.
I don't personally know any that will not vote to remove Obama.
We don't agree with tenets of Mormonism or several other denominations.. ..but..most Mormons I know are very traditional trustworthy folks who I like being around and we view our cultural struggles in similar fashion.
I go to a large traditional praise oriented SBC congregation and it is pretty much in the open that we have to get rid of this guy...yes...even hinted from the pulpit
not like black churches but more open than usual
black churches for all the blather...are social and fiscal libs with tiny exceptions
for one thing...serial illegitimacy is well tolerated by them even if there is disdain for the homosexual agenda...they will vote Obama...their brother