In 1844 the American Baptist Home Mission Society declared that
a slave owner could not be a missionary, a decision influenced by
northern Baptists' opposition to slavery. In 1845 southern Baptists
decided to challenge this ruling by nominating a slave owner as a
missionary. The Home Mission Society's rejected the nomination and
so prompted the formation of the Southern Baptist Convention in
Augusta, Georgia, a breakaway denomination who believed the Bible
justified slave ownership for Christians. In 1995 the SBC formally
apologized for its defense of slavery.
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