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  • New EC chair Rolland Slade viewed as pastor of all El Cajon
    by Diana Chandler, posted Monday, June 22, 2020 (3 years ago)

    BP file photo by Morris Abernathy
    EL CAJON, Calif. (BP) -- Rolland Slade's longtime friend John Hughes describes him as the pastor of all of El Cajon, a San Diego suburb of more than 100,000 people.

    So much so, said Hughes, that when an ecumenical group of pastors sought to comfort the community after El Cajon police shot and killed an unarmed African immigrant in 2016, pastors called on Slade. Read More

  • In historic election, SBC Executive Committee elects first African American chair
    by Diana Chandler, posted Tuesday, June 16, 2020 (3 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee elected its first African American chair in a special called meeting Tuesday (June 16).

    Rolland Slade, pastor of Meridian Baptist Church in El Cajon, Calif., was unopposed as EC chair and was unanimously elected by ballot vote. Outgoing chair Mike Stone called for a ballot vote, he said, to mark the historic moment. Read More