Baptist preachers
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Baptist preachers are clergy who lead Baptist congregations, a Protestant denomination emphasizing adult baptism by full immersion and the autonomy of local churches.
The term often evokes a particular preaching style—passionate, rhythmic, building to emotional crescendos: He delivered the eulogy like a Baptist preacher, voice rising and falling.
Baptist preachers have been culturally prominent in the American South and in the civil rights movement.
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