By Will Hall, Message Editor ALEXANDRIA (LBM) — J.D. Greear, pastor of The Summit Church in Durham, North Carolina, is a candidate for president of the Southern Baptist Convention for a second time. During his lunch visit to the First Baptist Church in Bossier City Feb. 27, the Baptist Message offered to interview him live but he declined, saying he does not typically give live interviews to newspapers. The Baptist Message subsequently learned he had granted an in-person interview the day before with the TEXAN, the newspaper of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention. Greear offered to allow the Baptist Message to submit questions for his consideration and reply via email. The offer was declined because the Baptist Message typically asks questions for this type of article live in order to evince an authentic response, to allow for a follow up inquiry as appropriate, and to avoid receiving an answer by committee. However, to give voice to Greear’s position on issues important to Louisiana Baptists, the Baptist Message has researched his blogs, video interviews and other such public sources to share his own words with our readers. MUSLIMS, CHRISTIANS WORSHIP THE SAME GOD Excerpt from a September 30, 2010 … [Read more...]