Fired Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Paige Patterson, who was accused of mishandling knowledge of sexual abuse cases at two Southern Baptist Convention seminaries, is back on the speaking circuit. Next month, he’ll join a senior vice president of the…
Al Travis leaves the organ bench at Broadway Baptist after 41 years with stories to tell
It started in a farm pickup truck. To be precise, on the truck’s dashboard. Al Travis was born on a cotton farm in Batesville, Miss., to James and Mildred Travis in 1940 and rode many times in his dad’s truck,…
Conservative Baptist Network promotes conspiracy-laden film to be shown on Mid-America Seminary’s campus
An independent film that appears to attack Southern Baptist Convention seminaries as part of the liberalization of American Christianity will be shown this weekend at Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary in Memphis. The screening of Enemies Within: The Church is being…
In Touch grants Southwestern Seminary $2 million to endow academic chair named for Charles Stanley
In Touch Ministries, the global broadcasting ministry founded by Charles Stanley in 1977, has made a $2 million gift to Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary to create an endowed chair in Stanley’s name. The Charles F. Stanley Chair for the Advancement…
Desire to validate the Bible makes Christians easy prey for archaeological forgeries
The early morning air breathes hot on her face as archaeologist Cynthia Shafer-Elliott picks up her trowel to begin her work she describes as “not for the fainthearted.” Before her stands a mound of dirt, otherwise known as a “tel,”…
Southwestern Seminary changes name of its undergraduate college
A Southern Baptist seminary in Texas has changed the name of its undergraduate college for the second time since its founding in 2005. The new name, Texas Baptist College, carries a state feel to it, yet neither Southwestern Baptist Theological…
Southwestern Seminary seeks fulfillment of $5 million pledge Pattersons attempted to divert from school
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has filed a $5 million claim against the estate of a recently deceased donor whose planned gift to the Fort Worth, Texas, school allegedly was redirected after interference by Paige and Dorothy Patterson. Elizabeth Griffin of…
The saga of Southwestern Seminary and the Pattersons just got stranger, and it’s all in the SBC Book of Reports
In an exceptionally rare move, the administration of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has used its annual report to the Southern Baptist Convention to accuse its former president of theft. Although rumors and intimations of the current seminary administration’s displeasure with…
Lawsuit reveals details about Paige Patterson’s ‘break her down’ meeting with woman alleging campus rape
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.