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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The newly elected president of one of the country’s largest Baptist denominations says he is seeking unification after an election in which his opponent went to court to challenge the group’s voting process.
The Rev. Julius R. Scruggs spoke to reporters Friday, a day after delegates at the annual meeting of the National Baptist Convention USA overwhelmingly chose him over the Rev. Henry Lyons.
A District of Columbia court Wednesday rejected a petition from Lyons, a pastor in Tampa, Fla., to stop the election. He contended that a new voting process was unfair.
Scruggs said his overwhelming victory, 4,108-924, shows that most members of the National Baptist Convention USA support his leadership.
