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DATE: SATURDAY, June 2, 1990                   TAG: 9006040178
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DATELINE: ST. LOUIS                                  LENGTH: Short

BAPTISTS REPENT OF SLAVERY

Noting that the Soviet Communist Party in 1988 had publicly repented of the sins of Joseph Stalin and of the party, the Southern Baptist Alliance has formally repented of a past "sin of slavery."

The alliance, a wing of Southern Baptists, said at its spring convocation that "there is a significant sin in our own heritage for which we have never publicly repented."

Citing protection of the "institution of slavery" as a key motive in the 1842 formation of the Southern Baptist Convention, a resolution voiced repentance for "condoning and perpetuating the sin of slavery" in that period. - Associated Press 


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