Fred Luter Biography
Fred Luter is an American religious leader. He was born as Fred J. Luter Jr. Luter is the is a former president of the Southern Baptist Convention(SBC). He was elected on 2012 June 19, and he is SBC’s first African-American president. According to Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary President Daniel L. Akin, “the most significant event to happen in our [SBC’s] history since our formation” is Luter’s election.
On June 20, the day after electing Luter, SBC voted to permit the use of the designation.”Great Commission” as an alternative to “Southern” for congregations desiring a break from the geographical and historical eponym. Nominated by David Crosby of New Orleans’ First Baptist Church, Luter succeeded Bryant Wright of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in Marietta, Georgia.
Fred Luter Age
Luter was born on November 11, 1956, in New Orleans. He is 63 years old.
Fred Luter Family
Luter was the middle child of five siblings. After his parents divorced, he was largely brought up single-handedly by his seamstress mother Viola Luter.
Fred Luter Education
Luter attended Lawless high School. He also went to Joseph S Clark Preparatory High School. He later graduated from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary after attending The University of New Orleans.
Fred Luter Earlier ministry
Luter had begun his ministry in 1977 in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward after he suffered a motorcycle accident. He has credited his motorcycling misadventure as his “road to Damascus moment” his analogy to the conversion of Saul of Tarsus. Fred began as a street preacher at the corner of Caffin and Galvez.
During his street preaching days Luter observed a need to draw men, particularly fathers, into his evangelistic appeal by urging events that attract male interest, on one occasion. In 1981, hosting a gathering for a pay-per-view televised boxing match between Thomas Hearns and Sugar Ray Leonard.
His first sermon in a church-building was in 1983 at New Orleans’ Law Street Missionary Baptist Church. He was a staff minister at the city’s Greater Liberty Baptist Church when he learned of the opening at Franklin Avenue and sought the job.
Fred Luter Jr Net Worth
He was elected on 2012 June 19, and Fred is SBC’s first African-American president. Luter has not disclosed his salary to the public. Moreover, His estimated net worth is currently under review.
Fred Luter Wife | Fred Luter Children
In 1980 Fred married Elizabeth W. Luter. The couple has two children: daughter Kimberly Ann “Kim” Luter was born in 1982; son Fred J. “Chip” Luter III, born 1985, is a graduate of Dallas Baptist University and is also a Baptist minister. Furthermore, Elizabeth Luter (born 1956) is involved in LifeWay Women’s Conferences.
Fred Luter Franklin Avenue Baptist Church
Luter is the senior minister of the Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans. He has been with the congregation since 1986 when it had 65 members. Before Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, the congregation had grown to over 7000 members. Moreover, making it the largest congregation affiliated with SBC in Louisiana.
Luter led the rebuilding of the membership after the diaspora from Katrina, and as of his election to the Southern Baptist presidency, the congregation had 5000 members. His strategy for congregational growth is rooted in his concept “FRANgelism”—the acronym “FRAN” standing for friends, relatives, associates, and neighbors. This is in acts of networking people into the life of the congregation.
NEW ORLEANS (BP) — The near-150-foot glass steeple and solid cross mark the new home of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church led by pastor Fred Luter Jr. The church relocated from its Ninth Ward location in New Orleans’ St. Roch neighborhood, where the vibrant congregation required three Sunday morning worship services and never had enough parking. But leaving was tough, said Luter, who was elected as the first African American president of the Southern Baptist Convention while leading his church at its former location.
Hurricane Katrina in 2005 interrupted the church, redirecting much of its outreach to Baton Rouge, La., and Houston after Katrina’s floodwaters rushed many to relocate. The storm struck when the membership exceeded 8,300, having grown from the 65 members FABC had when Luter began his pastorate in 1986.
Fred Luter Obama
Luter and Barack Obama share historical distinctions as African Americans’ first Southern Baptist Convention and U.S. presidents, respectively. Although on the political-moral issue of gay marriage, they are on opposite sides a disagreement driven by Luter’s commitment to the Bible.
Fred Luter Scholarship
The form “African-American Student Scholarship” is no longer accepting responses. Fall 2019 application period is now closed. Applications for Spring 2020 will be available September 1-November 1, 2019. For more information on Fred’s Scholarship please click here.
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Fred Luter Southern Baptist Convention
Luter is a former president of the Southern Baptist Convention(SBC). He was elected on 2012 June 19, and he is SBC’s first African-American president.