Fred J. Luter Jr. is an American Baptist pastor. He is the senior pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church, based in New Orleans. He was the president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 2012 to 2014.
Fred Luter in Kentwood, Louisiana, during National Day of Prayer in 2015
Fred Luter (right), with Norman Francis, George W. Bush and Leah Chase in 2007.
Southern Baptist Convention
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), alternatively the Great Commission Baptists (GCB), is a Christian denomination based in the United States. It is the world's largest Baptist organization and the largest Protestant and second-largest Christian body in the United States. The SBC is a cooperation of fully autonomous, independent churches with commonly held essential beliefs that pool some resources for missions.
First Baptist Church in Charleston, South Carolina
Gillfield Baptist Church was the largest Black American congregation within the Portsmouth Association of the Triennial Convention, preceding the north–south split and formation of Southern Baptists
First African Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky
First African Baptist Church, Savannah, Georgia, constructed 1856