Posted on : Monday February 20, 2012
According to February 5, 1964 edition of Baptist Press, “the Baptist Convention of Maryland adopted a resolution at its a
nnual session [last] November ‘strongly’ urging member churches ‘to open their services of worship and instruction to men of all races, treating them without discrimination because of color in regard to fellowship and membership.’”
At the time, two Baltimore-area churches (Gregory Memorial Baptist Church, Valley Baptist Church) and First Baptist Church of Cambridge, Md., among others, voted that race would not be a factor in considering applicants for church membership.
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