It is anticipated that on next month the Rev. Fred Luter , pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans, will be elected as the first African-American president of the Southern Baptist Church (SBC). According to the results of a recent poll conducted by Lifeway Research, the majority of SBC pastors believe such a historic event would be good for the denomination.In the survey, pastors were asked to express the level to which they agreed or disagreed with the following statement: “Without regard to any individual, I think it would be a good thing to have an African-American as president of the Southern Baptist Convention.” Nearly 1000 pastors responded. Sixty-one percent agree it would be positive, 10 percent disagree, and 29 percent don’t have an opinion.Generally speaking,

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