Carter, a deacon and Sunday school teacher at Maranatha ... He said those were being dissipated by the Southern Baptist denominational trend toward demanding conformity and melding church and ...

Carter was one of the most explicitly religious presidents, but his rise in politics came during a transformative era in American Christianity.

Deacons. Ministers ... A Houston Chronicle investigation found a trail of abuse by Southern Baptist missionaries stretching back for decades. Mission board officials kept the allegations internal.

Carter declared that he was no longer a Southern Baptist and threw his support behind a competing movement of moderates.