Dissidents Defeated in Baptist Voting
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Dissident ministers shouting “Let the people speak!” were drowned out by hymns and reporters were thrown out of the Denver meeting hall as the president of the nation’s largest black denomination survived his third no-confidence vote in three days. The Rev. Henry Lyons, accused of misusing church funds, promised immediate reforms within the 8.5-million-member National Baptist Convention U.S.A.
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