This excerpt of an editorial originally published in the July 12, 2009, edition of The Observer, was reproduced on the website of The Carter Center.  It is under the “op-eds and speeches” section of the “news” tab.
I have been a practising Christian all my life and a deacon and Bible teacher for many years. My faith is a source of strength and comfort to me, as religious beliefs are to hundreds of millions of people around the world.
So my decision to sever my ties with the Southern Baptist Convention, after six …