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A preacher who went to prison for stealing millions of dollars from the National Baptist Convention U.S.A will learn Thursday whether members think he deserves a chance to once again lead the denomination.
An unsuccessful last-minute effort by the Rev. Henry J. Lyons to get a court to derail the election underscores the long-shot nature of his bid to regain the presidency of the nation’s largest and oldest predominantly black denomination.

This wasn’t really a budget speech, or even a State of the Union. It was a call to rebuild a country—from its infrastructure, to its economy, to its values.