Luter becomes first Black president of Southern Baptists

His name is Rev. Fred Luter, Jr., and he is now the president of the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. Voting was held today.

Luter is senior pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans, a 7,000 member congregation. According to the church's website, Luter came to the church in 1985 when it only had 65 members. He lost his home to flooding when Hurricane Katrina devastated the city, and the church also suffered extensive damage. 

Luter has been married to his wife, Elizabeth, for 25 years and is the father of two children, Kimberly and Fred Luter, III.

To learn more about Rev. Luter, go to the Baptist Press website at: http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?id=38080