Negotiated Solution Urged by Baptists
The National Baptist Convention U.S.A. Inc., the nation’s third-largest Protestant denomination, Friday urged the United States to negotiate a settlement with Iraq in the Persian Gulf crisis, “no matter how horrific the position of Saddam Hussein might appear.”
About 1,500 delegates to the black denomination’s annual meeting in Los Angeles approved without debate a resolution that reflected the stance of National Baptist President T. J. Jemison. Jemison had said Wednesday that he supports President Bush’s deployment of troops but does not want American lives lost because of oil.
The resolution also praised one of the denomination’s own ministers, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, for his “courageous efforts to get the release of hostages” when he met with Iraqi President Hussein in Baghdad late last month.
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