There’s been a head-spinning reversal of messages from the public-policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention.
FILE - Covenant School parent Brent Leatherwood attends a hearing, April 16, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. In under 48 hours, the head of the staunchly conservative public-policy arm of therankled fellow Baptists by applauding President Joe Biden 's “selfless act” of withdrawing his candidacy for re-election. Then, his agency reported he was fired — and now they have reaffirmed his leadership.
Leatherwood had led the embattled agency through three years as the policy spokesman for the nation's largest Protestant denomination, but he had not joined in the increasingly public support among many Southern Baptists for former President Donald Trump. Leatherwood's statement prompted fierce blowback on social media from some within the denomination who had already targeted his agency for criticism amid a larger battle to pull the already-conservative denomination even further to the right.
Leatherwood came to his job three years ago with conservative credentials. He was a former executive director of the Tennessee Republican Party. He was also a director of communications and policy strategy in the Tennessee General Assembly and worked for several years on Capitol Hill in Washington.in Nashville, last year when it was attacked by a gun-wielding assailant who killed three adults and three other children.
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