Patterson accused of taking items from Southwestern
June 2, 2021
Scott Barkley and George Schroeder / Baptist Press
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FORT WORTH (BP) Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary used its annual report to the Southern Baptist Convention to assert former President Paige Patterson “improperly removed” documents and other items that belong to the seminary after his firing in 2018.
In an interview with Baptist Press, Patterson denied the allegations the seminary made in the 2021 SBC Book of Reports. He also denied he and others have a to divert donations away from the seminary to the Sandy Creek Foundation, his personal nonprofit organization.
In a statement to Baptist Press, Adam W. Greenway, who succeeded Patterson as Southwestern’s president, asserted: “Southwestern Seminary has told the truth.”
SBC elections not lacking candidates in 2021
May 26, 2021
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NASHVILLE (BP) Some SBC annual meetings offer little speculation as to the outcomes of the election of officers. The 2021 annual meeting in Nashville will not be one of those.
With just a few weeks left until official nominations are made, multiple nominees have been announced for various SBC-related offices.
So far, there are four announced candidates for SBC president, five for vice president roles, and one each for recording secretary and registration secretary.
Randy Adams
Citing a desire for Southern Baptists’ focus to “be on the mission, with the Bible as our sole and final authority on all matters,” Northwest Baptist Convention Executive Director/Treasurer Randy Adams announced Jan. 20 he would be nominated for SBC president.
William Ed (Bill) Slaughter was born in Corpus Christi on October 31, 1945, to Ed Winn and Carlton Daniels Slaughter. (He was very proud of his Halloween birthday.) Bill passed away on May 26, 2021, at the age of 75 with his wife Beckye and their three children by his side. [San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] Obituary San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]
Bailey Katzenstein, former student in Cherokee County, argues the fight against the curriculum is not over.
The growing movements of critical social justice and critical race theory are raising concerns with at least one theologian, who says these ideologies are not only incompatible with Biblical Christianity but could be even considered downright evil. I wouldn t fault anyone for first saying that. . I believe it is sinister, says Dr. Voddie Baucham, dean of Theology at African Christian University in Lusaka, Zambia. Despite work taking him to Africa, the dean maintains strong connections to the U.S., where he grew up, studied and where one of his sons are.