Correction: An earlier version of this article wrongly stated that Scott Pace was the first Southeastern Seminary alumnus to be named president there. Randall Lolley also was an alumnus when he became president. Trustees of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary…
Why the faculty’s stand at Southeastern Seminary matters now
In 1987, the faculty of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C., faced what many faculty members at colleges and universities across the country are confronting today: The takeover of their institution by outside forces determined to impose ideological…
SBC’s roads no longer all lead back to Louisville
This week both the Southern Baptist Convention Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary announced their perspective nominees for new leaders. The ERLC is bringing forth Evan Lenow, currently serving at Mississippi College with recent connections as…
Akin to retire from Southeastern Seminary after record tenure
Danny Akin will retire as president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary next summer, concluding his tenure as one of the longest-serving presidents of any of the six Southern Baptist Convention seminaries. Akin will be 69 when he leaves the post July…
The day they tried to trap my father
It’s not even occurred to me to tell this story for maybe 30 years, but Father’s Day just happened and the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting just took place, and somebody just died a few days before that happened, and…
On Al Mohler, Paige Patterson, Bill Clinton, Immanuel Baptist Church and Baptist polity and politics
“Local church autonomy” is a Baptist distinctive selectively used. As evidence, consider Al Mohler’s position on Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock, Ark., 25 years ago when then-President Bill Clinton was a member there. Mohler, relatively new as president of…