Thank You President Carter 
By David Currie, Coordinator

I want publicly to thank former President Jimmy Carter for his courageous statement about Southern Baptist events. I firmly believe that ignorance is our greatest enemy and his word opened many eyes and ears across the country. As people see what has happened to the Baptist witness in America these past 20 years, more people will resist fundamentalism. People will seek to cooperate the traditional Baptist way, united around missions with respect for freedom. 

Personally, it was one of the greatest privileges of my life to sit and visit with Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter in their home. They made me feel like we were old friends, nearly family. In truth, we are family, a part of the traditional Baptist family. We did what families do. We shared our griefs over certain actions that have happened to fellow Baptists. Then we dreamed new dreams of a day when all this will be behind us. Thank you, Mr. Carter, for your continuing witness of character, courage and grace.

January 2001