Onwuchekwa had been a rising star in the SBC as a young Black pastor working in a denomination urgently trying to shed its racist origins while torn by widespread SBC support for Donald Trump. “But I feel like they’ve failed people like me.” He cited love and appreciation for many individuals in the SBC while saying the denomination as a whole has not escaped its slave-justifying past and is using the wrong methods to achieve spiritual goals - like driving a bus to Puerto Rico, he said. John Onwuchekwa made headlines in summer 2020 when he published an article explaining why his Atlanta church left the Southern Baptist Convention, even though the SBC helped fund the church start. A pastor who called out the Southern Baptist Convention for racism two years ago has stepped down from his Atlanta pastorate, saying his gifts for church starting do not translate to leading a larger congregation.
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