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Southern Baptists meet amid controversy over leaked letters

FILE — In this June 10, 2019, file photo, Mike Stone, Southern Baptist Convention executive committee chairman, speaks during an Executive Committee plenary meeting at the Southern Baptist Convention in Birmingham, Ala. As Southern Baptists prepare for their biggest annual meeting in more than a quarter-century, accusations that leaders have shielded churches from claims of sexual abuse and simmering tensions around race threaten to once again mire the nation’s largest Protestant denomination in a conflict that can look more political than theological. (Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via AP, File) FILE — In this June 10, 2019, file photo, Mike Stone, Southern Baptist Convention executive committee chairman, speaks during an Executive Committee plenary meeting at the Southern Baptist Convention in Birmingham, Ala. As Southern Baptists prepare for their biggest annual meeting in more than a quarter-century, accusations that leaders have shielded churches from claims of sexual abuse and simmering tensions around race threaten to once again mire the nation’s largest Protestant denomination in a conflict that can look more political than theological. (Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via AP, File) FILE — In this June 10, 2019, file photo, Mike Stone, Southern Baptist Convention executive committee chairman, speaks during an Executive Committee plenary meeting at the Southern Baptist Convention in Birmingham, Ala. As Southern Baptists prepare for their biggest annual meeting in more than a quarter-century, accusations that leaders have shielded churches from claims of sexual abuse and simmering tensions around race threaten to once again mire the nation’s largest Protestant denomination in a conflict that can look more political than theological. (Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via AP, File) FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2014, file photo, Rev. Russell Moore, left, director of the Southern Baptist's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, leads a discussion during the group's national conference in Nashville, Tenn. As Southern Baptists prepare for their biggest annual meeting in more than a quarter-century, accusations that leaders have shielded churches from claims of sexual abuse and simmering tensions around race threaten to once again mire the nation’s largest Protestant denomination in a conflict that can look more political than theological.(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File) FILE - In this Wednesday, June 12, 2019 file photo, Bill Golden, and thousands of others, hold up copies of a training handbook related to sexual abuse within Southern Baptist churches during a speech by SBC President J. D. Greear on the second day of the SBC's annual meeting in Birmingham, Ala. As Southern Baptists prepare for their biggest annual meeting in more than a quarter-century in June 2021, accusations that leaders have shielded churches from claims of sexual abuse and simmering tensions around race threaten to once again mire the nation’s largest Protestant denomination in a conflict that can look more political than theological. ( Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via AP, File) FILE - In this Wednesday, June 12, 2019 file photo, Bill Golden, and thousands of others, hold up copies of a training handbook related to sexual abuse within Southern Baptist churches during a speech by SBC President J. D. Greear on the second day of the SBC's annual meeting in Birmingham, Ala. As Southern Baptists prepare for their biggest annual meeting in more than a quarter-century in June 2021, accusations that leaders have shielded churches from claims of sexual abuse and simmering tensions around race threaten to once again mire the nation’s largest Protestant denomination in a conflict that can look more political than theological. ( Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via AP, File) FILE — In this June 10, 2019, file photo, Mike Stone, Southern Baptist Convention executive committee chairman, speaks during an Executive Committee plenary meeting at the Southern Baptist Convention in Birmingham, Ala. As Southern Baptists prepare for their biggest annual meeting in more than a quarter-century, accusations that leaders have shielded churches from claims of sexual abuse and simmering tensions around race threaten to once again mire the nation’s largest Protestant denomination in a conflict that can look more political than theological. (Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via AP, File) FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2014, file photo, Rev. Russell Moore, left, director of the Southern Baptist's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, leads a discussion during the group's national conference in Nashville, Tenn. As Southern Baptists prepare for their biggest annual meeting in more than a quarter-century, accusations that leaders have shielded churches from claims of sexual abuse and simmering tensions around race threaten to once again mire the nation’s largest Protestant denomination in a conflict that can look more political than theological.(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File) FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2014, file photo, Rev. Russell Moore, left, director of the Southern Baptist's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, leads a discussion during the group's national conference in Nashville, Tenn. As Southern Baptists prepare for their biggest annual meeting in more than a quarter-century, accusations that leaders have shielded churches from claims of sexual abuse and simmering tensions around race threaten to once again mire the nation’s largest Protestant denomination in a conflict that can look more political than theological.(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File) FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2014, file photo, Rev. Russell Moore, left, director of the Southern Baptist's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, leads a discussion during the group's national conference in Nashville, Tenn. As Southern Baptists prepare for their biggest annual meeting in more than a quarter-century, accusations that leaders have shielded churches from claims of sexual abuse and simmering tensions around race threaten to once again mire the nation’s largest Protestant denomination in a conflict that can look more political than theological.(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File) FILE - In this Wednesday, June 12, 2019 file photo, from left, Dick Lane, Al Jackson and his wife, Kem Jackson, pray on the second day of the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting in Birmingham, Ala. "The reason we're here is because we trust Jesus," his wife Kem Jackson said. As Southern Baptists prepare for their biggest annual meeting in more than a quarter-century in June 2021, accusations that leaders have shielded churches from claims of sexual abuse and simmering tensions around race threaten to once again mire the nation’s largest Protestant denomination in a conflict that can look more political than theological. ( Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via AP, File) FILE - In this Wednesday, June 12, 2019 file photo, from left, Dick Lane, Al Jackson and his wife, Kem Jackson, pray on the second day of the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting in Birmingham, Ala. "The reason we're here is because we trust Jesus," his wife Kem Jackson said. As Southern Baptists prepare for their biggest annual meeting in more than a quarter-century in June 2021, accusations that leaders have shielded churches from claims of sexual abuse and simmering tensions around race threaten to once again mire the nation’s largest Protestant denomination in a conflict that can look more political than theological. ( Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via AP, File) FILE - In this Wednesday, June 12, 2019 file photo, Bill Golden, and thousands of others, hold up copies of a training handbook related to sexual abuse within Southern Baptist churches during a speech by SBC President J. D. Greear on the second day of the SBC's annual meeting in Birmingham, Ala. As Southern Baptists prepare for their biggest annual meeting in more than a quarter-century in June 2021, accusations that leaders have shielded churches from claims of sexual abuse and simmering tensions around race threaten to once again mire the nation’s largest Protestant denomination in a conflict that can look more political than theological. ( Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via AP, File) FILE - In this Wednesday, June 12, 2019 file photo, Bill Golden, and thousands of others, hold up copies of a training handbook related to sexual abuse within Southern Baptist churches during a speech by SBC President J. D. Greear on the second day of the SBC's annual meeting in Birmingham, Ala. As Southern Baptists prepare for their biggest annual meeting in more than a quarter-century in June 2021, accusations that leaders have shielded churches from claims of sexual abuse and simmering tensions around race threaten to once again mire the nation’s largest Protestant denomination in a conflict that can look more political than theological. ( Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via AP, File) FILE - In this Wednesday, June 12, 2019 file photo, Bill Golden, and thousands of others, hold up copies of a training handbook related to sexual abuse within Southern Baptist churches during a speech by SBC President J. D. Greear on the second day of the SBC's annual meeting in Birmingham, Ala. As Southern Baptists prepare for their biggest annual meeting in more than a quarter-century in June 2021, accusations that leaders have shielded churches from claims of sexual abuse and simmering tensions around race threaten to once again mire the nation’s largest Protestant denomination in a conflict that can look more political than theological. ( Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)