On the eve of the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, a Baptist association in Georgia held a historic vote to expel a longtime member church because of the alleged racist attitudes and actions of its members.
On Tuesday, the 53-church Mallory Baptist Association’s Executive Committee held a special meeting to address accusations of “unChristian attitudes” and “racially motivated” acts allegedly committed by members of Raleigh White Baptist Church in Albany.
The committee voted to strip the church, which has been a member of the association since the 1940s, of its membership.
“The reason for this action involved the church’s un-Christian attitudes and acts toward another associational church,” a statement from the executive committee states. “These attitudes and acts were racially motivated. Thus they do not reflect the values and mission of the Mallary Baptist Association.”
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