In the US, Adam Greenway resigns as Southwestern Seminary president
United StatesRNS The president of one of the Southern Baptist Convention’s largest seminaries resigned last Friday, less than four years after taking office. Adam Greenway was elected president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2019, in hopes that he would help the school recover from the controversial tenure of former President Paige Patterson, who was […]
“At a crossroads”: Southern Baptist Convention faces leadership drain amid ongoing challenges
Following news of the resignation of Ronnie Floyd, president of its executive committee last week, BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, looks at the recent turmoil among leadership in the Southern Baptist Convention…
A RELUCTANT VOICE: PAIGE PATTERSON’S CAREER ENDED AFTER SHE CAME FORWARD. MEGAN LIVELY’S STRUGGLE CONTINUES
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports from the US on the story of Megan Lively and how her decision to reveal the response to her sexual assault helped move the Southern Baptist Convention toward a reckoning with sex abuse….
ESSAY: WHY THE US NEEDS A NATIONAL ALL FAITHS INQUIRY INTO CLERGY SEX ABUSE
In an article first published on Religion News Service, CHRISTA BROWN, board member of the Child-Friendly Faith Project, and DAVID CLOHESSY, former director of SNAP, argue for the US to hold a national inquiry into clergy sex abuse similar to Australia’s recent Royal Commission…
Paige Patterson, ousted Baptist seminary leader, to teach ethics course
RNS Paige Patterson, ousted as president of a prominent Southern Baptist seminary this spring for allegedly dismissing women’s concerns about domestic abuse and rape, is set to teach a Christian ethics course at a Charlotte, North Carolina, seminary later this month. Patterson, once the top elected official of the Southern Baptist Convention, was removed in May from […]
US: #CHURCHTOO SUPPORTER KAREN SWALLOW PRIOR BUILDS BRIDGES BETWEEN THE EXTREMES
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, profiles Karen Swallow Prior, an influential voice within the Southern Baptist Convention and the #ChurchToo movement…
SOUTHERN BAPTISTS: SEEKING UNITY, JD GREEAR ASSUMES PRESIDENCY
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports on new Southern Baptist president JD Greear’s plans to take the denomination back to its bedrock mission of preaching the Gospel…
News Special – Southern Baptists mull what’s next on confronting, preventing abuse
RNS The sermons, the hymn singing and the floor debates of the Southern Baptists’ annual meeting have concluded, but a key question remains: How will the denomination address the issues of sexual and physical abuse that loomed over the proceedings? At this week’s – 12th to 13th June – meeting, there was a sense that the […]
In the US, Patterson won’t address annual meeting as Southern Baptists gather amid scandals
RNS With Southern Baptists already comparing the state of their denomination to a natural disaster, another dramatic turn has come in the sexual abuse and misconduct scandal swirling around Paige Patterson, a revered institutional leader. Patterson, fired recently from his post at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, announced Friday that he won’t […]
US seminary board fires Paige Patterson in dramatic turnabout
RNS Facing fresh evidence of an alleged rape cover-up by its former President Paige Patterson, the board of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary voted to strip Dr Patterson of the title and benefits it had granted him while ushering him out of the seminary’s leadership a week ago. In a statement posted to its website Wednesday, […]