Judge rules Baptist pastor not guilty of lewd act

OKLAHOMA CITY — A former member of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee was found not guilty March 7 of offering to engage in a lewd act. Lonnie Latham, then 60 and pastor of South Tulsa Baptist Church, Tulsa, Okla., was arrested Jan. 3, 2006, after allegedly inviting a male undercover Oklahoma City police officer to his hotel room for…