In a recently leaked letter to the leadership of the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Russell Moore letter he wrote: Another SBC leader used constant pressure against me in protest of our hiring of Dan Darling and Trillia...
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Early responses to the leaked Russell Moore letter
What letter? Get up to speed here. An array of responses: Thread and the backstory: Here’s more: Meanwhile, Albert Mohler is running for office:...
We now have a better understanding of why Russell Moore left his post with the Southern Baptist Convention
And it has little to do directly with Trump. Here is Paul O’Donnell and Bob Smietana at Religion News Service: For years before his resignation last month as president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, the...
Is it a good thing for the #MeToo movement that Cuomo is still in office?
Dahlia Lithwick believes it is. Here is a taste of her piece at Slate: In Monday’s New York Times, Michelle Goldberg suggests that the failure of high-profile Democrats to demand Cuomo’s resignation in the face of credible (and contemporaneously reported) claims about...
Southern Baptist Convention President Tells Churches to Think Twice Before Inviting Paige Patterson to Preach
Some of you may remember Paige Patterson, the former president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. We’ve done a few posts on him over the years. Here is Robert Downen of the Houston Chronicle: The president of the Southern Baptist Convention...
What is Happening (Again) at Taylor University?
In March we posted on disgruntled conservative employees at the evangelical Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. Today we learn that a Taylor professor kissed and inappropriately touched a student rape victim who sought his counsel. Here is a taste of...
Can the Southern Baptist Convention Think of Any More Ways to Shoot Itself in the Foot?
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has announced that Vice President Mike Pence will be speaking tomorrow at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center in Dallas as part of the denomination’s annual meeting. At a time when the SBC needs to...
Weighing-In on the Annual Meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention
This morning VOX ran two pieces by Tara Isabella Burton on the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. I was happy provide some commentary for both pieces: “The post-#MeToo reckoning at the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting” “Mike Pence...
Mike Pence Will Visit the Annual Meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention
This morning I was talking to a reporter about this week’s annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. The reporter asked me if I thought the Southern Baptists will make some kind of resolution about Donald Trump or any of...
More on the Paige Patterson Story from *The Washington Post*
Michelle Boorstein and Sarah Pulliam Bailey continue to work the Paige Patterson story for the Washington Post. In their recent piece, they share additional stories of women treated poorly by Patterson. Here is a taste: Melissa Medley was there from 2010...
Paige Patterson Will Not Deliver Southern Baptist Convention Sermon
Instead, Patterson will ride “off into the setting sun—but with a Bible in my hand and a witness from my heart until He comes for me individually or for us all in the air. ” He also references his own place in...
Paige Patterson’s Attorney Says His Client is the Victim of “wide-spread misrepresentation and misinformation”
Here is the latest on the Paige Patterson mess. It comes from David Roach at Baptist Press. A taste: An attorney for terminated Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Paige Patterson issued a media release late Monday afternoon (June 4) defending...
This Paige Patterson Stuff Just Gets More Disgusting By the Day
Here is Sarah Smith of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: The fired Southern Baptist seminary leader who wanted to get an alleged rape victim alone to “break her down” also said it was a “good thing” she had been raped and that...
“Dr. Patterson discussed meeting with the student alone so that he could ‘break her down’ and that he preferred no officials be present”
And he also took documents from Southeastern Seminary that did not belong to him. Kevin Euckert, the chair of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Board of Trustees, published this statement today on the seminary website: Based on a number of follow-up...
The Latest on Paige Patterson
David Roach has a nice summary of the most recent developments at Baptist Press. Here is a taste: Following Paige Patterson’s termination by a 12-member committee of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary trustees, reactions have ranged from affirmation of the trustees...
The Paige Patterson Case at Southwestern Baptist Seminary Takes Yet Another Turn
This time the turn seems to be in Patterson’s favor. Over at the website “SBC Issues,” Sharaya Colter, the wife of Patterson’s chief of staff, offers a different account of what happened to Patterson. And she has documents! I am...
What is the Current Status of the Paige Patterson Files Removed from Southeastern Seminary?
We blogged about this last week. Southern Baptist blogger Wade Burleson suggested that files pertaining to a 2003 rape of a student at Southeastern Seminary during the Paige Patterson presidency were removed from the seminary archives when Patterson left for...
Paige Patterson’s Former Retirement Home
When Paige Patterson was fired yesterday by Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, he lost his cushy retirement package, including an on-campus mansion on the seminary property. Find some context here and here. Back in March, the Baptist Blogger, Rev. Benjamin S....
Will Cedarville University Remove Paige Patterson from its Board of Trustees?
Cedarville University president Thomas White is a Paige Patterson disciple. (According to this story, Patterson preferred to called people like White his “proteges”). He worked for Patterson at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. We have...
Southwestern Baptist Seminary is Dragged (Kicking and Screaming) into the #MeToo Era
A few days ago, in a post on April Armstrong’s powerful piece on life at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, I wrote: “I imagine we will hear more stories like the ones April Armstrong has shared at the website #SBCToo: Breaking the Southern Baptist...