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Updated Friday, May 16, 2008

Opinion

SBC presidential field wide open

The announcement May 12 that Les Puryear, pastor of Lewisville Baptist Church, will be nominated for president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) crowds the field but adds a distinctive choice.

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