The headquarters of the Southern Baptist Convention is shown on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, in Nashville, Tenn. Southern Baptists leaders, pressed to grow membership and weighted by the past, have asked churches in the U.S. to approve a name change. Leaders say, however, they still intend to continue to call themselves “Baptist.” (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Deepa Bharath, Holly Meyer and David Crary Associated Press The Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee — and thousands of its rank-and-file members — now have…
