The major effect of the growing slavery controversy on the churches was
a. a major missionary effort directed at converting African American slaves.
b. the organization of the churches to lobby for the abolition of slavery.
c. an agreement to keep political issues like slavery out of the religious area.
d. a prohibition on slaveowning by clergy.
e. a split of Baptists, Methodists, and Presbyterians into separate northern and southern churches.
Answer: E