List of Southern Baptist Convention affiliated people Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Ex-members== * [[Alton Brown]] - celebrity chef and TV host. * [[Belinda Carlisle]] - singer. In an interview with Slash magazine, she described herself as a reject from a Southern Baptist household and is now a practicing Buddhist. * [[Jimmy Carter]] - former [[President of the United States]]. During his presidential campaign, Carter introduced the term "[[born-again]]" into mainstream American politics. Carter publicly identifies himself with the [[Cooperative Baptist Fellowship]] because of his differences with the conservative direction of the SBC leadership and beliefs. In 2000 he announced that he was severing all links with the Southern Baptist Convention because of what he viewed as gender discrimination.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090715093105/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/12/jimmy-carter-womens-rights-equality The words of God do not justify cruelty to women | Jimmy Carter | Comment is free | The Observer<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * [[Bill Clinton]] - former [[President of the United States]]. Raised Southern Baptist, but left the Convention due to disagreement with its conservative positions.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050223001036/http://www.beliefnet.com/story/151/story_15194_1.html Bill Clinton's sermon on being a good Christian without being a republican—Beliefnet.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Working with [[Jimmy Carter]] to conduct "Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant" meeting of over 30 liberal Baptist denominations and organizations in the US and Canada, which was held in Atlanta, January 30—February 1, 2008.<ref>"Carter & Clinton call for 'New Baptist Covenant.'" ''Baptist Press'', January 10, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.newbaptistcelebration.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=1&Itemid=53 New Baptist Covenant Celebration—News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * [[Kevin Costner]] - [[actor]]. Baptized at First Southern Baptist Church in [[Bakersfield, California]] as a boy. * [[Al Gore]] - [[Vice-President of the United States]] (1993–2001); Democratic presidential candidate in 2000. Gore was raised as a Southern Baptist, but like Carter and Clinton, he formally left the Southern Baptist Convention due to his disagreements with many of the SBC's conservative positions. * [[Bill Moyers]] - raised a Southern Baptist and educated at [[Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary]]. Now a member of [[The Riverside Church]] in [[New York City]], a dually-aligned American Baptist-United Church of Christ congregation. Press secretary to President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], later publisher of ''Newsday'', and well-known journalist and TV commentator (CBS and PBS). * [[Brad Pitt]] - Famous television actor; raised Southern Baptist, now [[agnostic]]. * [[Britney Spears]] - Singer, dancer, actress. She sang in a Baptist church choir as a child, but later in life studied [[Kabbalist]] teachings. * [[Ethel Cain]] - Singer-songwriter. Grew up in the church as the daughter of a deacon, but in 2022 stated in a [[Tumblr]] post that she no longer considers herself Christian, but abides by the values she was taught growing up.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://mothercain.tumblr.com/post/698584676553621504/do-you-still-consider-yourself-a-christian | title=ethel cain }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page