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Christians react to the death of Rosalynn Carter: 'Example of love and devotion'

Pastor Bart Barber, the newly elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention, speaks at a press conference in Anaheim, California, on June 15, 2022.
Pastor Bart Barber, the newly elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention, speaks at a press conference in Anaheim, California, on June 15, 2022. | Baptist Press/Sonya Singh

Barb Barber

Southern Baptist Convention President Bart Barber posted a statement to Facebook expressing his "condolences to President Jimmy Carter, to the Carter family, and to the people of the Plains Baptist Church upon the death of First Lady Rosalynn Carter."

"Her life of public service spanned nearly a century and revealed her heart of compassion for her fellow citizens and suffering people of the world," stated Barber. 

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"For many years, the Carter family worshipped within our family of faith. We grieve with her family and friends at her passing."

Barber stressed that many will praise her for her social and political accomplishments, but she should also be commended because she and her husband "maintained a warm and healthy marriage for nearly eight full decades."

He added that Carter "raised a family who celebrates her life today" and did so "in the environment of state and national politics, the shoals upon which many families have foundered."

"Southern Baptists value family, faith, and service," Barber said. "For all of the ways that she embodied a commitment to these things, we honor First Lady Carter today."

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