Bart Barber, President of the Southern Baptist Convention

The Southern Baptist Convention is the largest evangelical institution in America. In May, it was revealed some of its now former executives had ignored hundreds of allegations of sexual abuse in Southern Baptist churches for decades. When SBC members elected a new president in June, they turned to a small town Texas pastor named Bart Barber to lead them. With the Department of Justice investigation into the abuse scandal underway and midterm elections looming, we weren't sure he would want to sit down and discuss waiting matters of church and state.