Last month, I announced in an Op-Ed that I was leaving the Southern Baptist Convention. I had to. As a black scholar of race and a minister committed to social justice, I could no longer be part of an organization that is blind to its racism.
Some readers questioned my motives. A few black ministers wrote Op-Eds elsewhere explaining why they chose to stay in the convention.
More than 1,000 people commented on the Times website, and hundreds more on social media. My email was flooded with reactions from people all across the country.
Here is a collection of their responses.
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