Former President Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 ... Our church is still a member of the Southern Baptist Convention,’’ Carter ...

Jimmy Carter did not shy away from his faith, and he was genuine about it. His religious beliefs guided him during and after his presidency.

Truth is, Carter was part of two endangered groups — populist Southern Democrats and progressive Southern Baptists. In 1976, ...

Everything has a way of coming back around,” the former president said. “What seems unstoppable and inevitable never is.” ...

Jimmy Carter officially announces his candidacy ... He once described feeling shocked when a “high official” in the Southern Baptist Convention told him in the Oval Office that “we are ...

Carter talked openly and often in the 1976 campaign about his evangelical “born again” faith, ignoring those who advised him to downplay his beliefs.

Jimmy the Baptist: Carter Redefined ‘Evangelical ... He once described feeling shocked when a “high official” in the Southern Baptist Convention told him in the Oval Office that ...

That doesn’t mean those others didn’t have good intentions, but for Jimmy Carter ... your religion.” Carter grew up as the son of a deacon in the Southern Baptist Convention, a conservative ...