The young Jimmy Carter was a political nobody the first time he ran for governor of Georgia. That long-shot 1966 effort failed, leaving him wrestling with doubts about his future and his faith. But ...

When Plains Baptist Church voted overwhelmingly in the 1950s to bar Blacks and “racial agitators” from membership, Jimmy ...

Baptist leaders are remembering Jimmy Carter as an example of faithfulness, compassion and justice and advocate for religious ...

Mr. Carter said his spiritual rebirth was an “evolutionary thing” rather than “a flash of light or a sudden vision of God ...

As the world pays homage to former President Jimmy Carter, some people overlook a primary source of inspiration for his ...

Carter was widely known as a man of faith, with his post-presidency defined by images of the Baptist Sunday School teacher building homes for low-income people.

Jimmy Carter's presidency -- and his promise to never tell a lie -- predated PolitiFact's 2007 birth. Nevertheless, we fact-checked several statements the 39th president made after leaving the White ...

As tributes pour in from all corners for former President Jimmy Carter, who passed away ... but it's easy to forget also." ...

Lesser known, and particularly relevant for American politics today, is our 39th president’s commitment to the Baptist value ...

Jimmy Carter officially announces his candidacy ... He once described feeling shocked when a “high official” in the Southern Baptist Convention told him in the Oval Office that “we are ...

Jimmy Carter, a progressive Baptist, balanced faith with politics, advocating for church-state separation while evolving on ...

That doesn’t mean those others didn’t have good intentions, but for Jimmy Carter ... your religion.” Carter grew up as the son of a deacon in the Southern Baptist Convention, a conservative ...