In this undated file photo, the Rev. Dwight McKissic of Arlington speaks in the chapel at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. | SWBTS / Margie Dolch, File
Outspoken African American Southern Baptist Convention Pastor Dwight McKissic, who threatened to leave the SBC over a dispute about critical race theory, recently received a letter that disparaged blacks and urged the convention to “bid them goodbye and good riddance!”
The letter in question was authored by John V. Rutledge, an author who is no longer part of the SBC. The controversial document was sent last Monday and addressed to McKissic, who pastors Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas.
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Two Prominent Pastors Break With SBC After Critical Race Theory Statement
Charlie Dates and Ralph D. West spoke out in response to a controversial statement released by seminary presidents.
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Ralph D. West and Charlie Dates
The leaders of two majority-black megachurches in major cities announced this week that they will no longer affiliate with the Southern Baptist Convention.
In op-eds announcing their decisions to leave, Charlie Dates of Chicago’s Progressive Baptist Church and Ralph D. West of Houston’s The Church Without Walls both criticized SBC seminary presidents’ declaration that critical race theory was “incompatible” with the denomination’s statement of faith.