Details behind the “break her down” comment cited by trustee leaders in last year’s firing of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Paige Patterson emerge in a lawsuit now pending in federal court.
Seminary removes stained glass windows celebrating conservative takeover of SBC
Stained-glass windows immortalizing individuals who helped move the Southern Baptist Convention to a more theologically and socially conservative position in the late 20th century have been quietly removed from the chapel of one of the convention’s six seminaries.
Paige Patterson talks about his firing, social justice and #MeToo in Janet Mefferd interview
Former Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Paige Patterson said in a wide ranging radio interview this week that he believes his termination by trustees was unjust, but at age 76 he isn’t dwelling on the past.
Post-Paige Patterson, interim seminary president sets humble tone for coming year
In the first chapel service since trustees forced out President Paige Patterson, the interim president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary urged students to model virtues of self-denial, deference and service. “The cross just doesn’t do something for you; the cross…
Donors call for investigation into trustee handling of seminary president’s firing
Two dozen major donors to Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary have threatened to end their support of the Southern Baptist Convention school unless trustees right “serious wrongs” committed against its former president. Seven individuals and nine couples co-signed a June 29…
Lawyer counters ‘misrepresentation and misinformation’ about seminary president’s firing
The lawyer for former Southwestern Baptist Theological President Paige Patterson says his client did not get a fair hearing before his May 30 firing by the school’s trustees. Fort Worth attorney Shelby Sharpe issued a statement June 4 addressing what…
Paige Patterson out at Southwestern Seminary
After a week of intense criticism, leaders of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s board of trustees reversed a vote by the full board to remove Paige Patterson as president but allow him to live on campus with pay and the honorary title president emeritus. The trustee executive committee voted May 30 to remove all benefits provided earlier, including his new title, the invitation to reside as the first theologian-in-residence in a newly established Baptist Heritage Center, and “ongoing compensation.”
Abuse controversy prompts counseling group to move meeting from seminary campus
The Association of Biblical Counselors has moved an October conference about using the Bible to counsel abuse victims from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary to another location in light of controversial statements by the seminary’s erstwhile president. Heath Lambert, outgoing executive…
The dangerous demands of uncritical loyalty
It is worrying that valueless loyalty has achieved a stranglehold on much of the American psyche, having really ratcheted up in this current era of cable news. But even more concerning is that It has also firmly taken hold of evangelical Christianity and propelled it to unsightly levels of hypocrisy.