Paige Patterson removed as President of SWBTS

[RG2]

Just thought this would be of interest to some here. Trustees have voted to remove Patterson as President of Southwestern BTS.

https://swbts.edu/news/releases/statement-regarding-dr-paige-patterson/

 

[Baptist Believer]

Interesting.

They are giving Dr. Patterson a soft landing so that those in the denomination who revere him will not be too upset. I hope they can move forward and rebuild the seminary in terms of students and finances now that Dr. Patterson is no longer calling the shots.

 

[Revmitchell]

Dr. Patterson called the meeting. It is likely he removed himself.

 

[Baptist Believer]

I was glad to see that Nathan Montgomery has apparently been cleared. I wonder if he will get his job and scholarship back.

 

[Yeshua1]

Just thought this would be of interest to some here. Trustees have voted to remove Patterson as President of Southwestern BTS.

https://swbts.edu/news/releases/statement-regarding-dr-paige-patterson/

What was his allenged crimes though, or is it PC running amok again?

 

[Reynolds]

Just thought this would be of interest to some here. Trustees have voted to remove Patterson as President of Southwestern BTS.

https://swbts.edu/news/releases/statement-regarding-dr-paige-patterson/

P.C. runs rampant. Disgraceful on the part of SWBTS.

 

[Reynolds]

Interesting.

They are giving Dr. Patterson a soft landing so that those in the denomination who revere him will not be too upset. I hope they can move forward and rebuild the seminary in terms of students and finances now that Dr. Patterson is no longer calling the shots.

So, you hoping they liberalize it?

 

[Revmitchell]

So, you hoping they liberalize it?

He doesn't know what he's talking about. He doesn't know that they gave him a soft landing. He just speaks as if his wish list were true and yea, he is hoping for that.

 

[Yeshua1]

P.C. runs rampant. Disgraceful on the part of SWBTS.

It was the modern Femiinism group me Too that took him out! they got upset when he dared to mention that Man is head of household, and wives submit to their husbands

 

[Yeshua1]

He doesn't know what he's talking about. He doesn't know that they gave him a soft landing. He just speaks as if his wish list were true and yea, he is hoping for that.

Maybe wants women pastors and teachers installed there!

 

[Baptist Believer]

So, you hoping they liberalize it?

No. Their FTE student numbers have been falling precipitously for a number of years and they are in difficult financial straits.

I’m hoping that a change in leadership can reverse that trend.

 

[Baptist Believer]

He doesn't know what he's talking about. He doesn't know that they gave him a soft landing. He just speaks as if his wish list were true and yea, he is hoping for that.

It would be nice, being a pastor and all, if you would not bear false witness against others.

 

[Reynolds]

It was the modern Femiinism group me Too that took him out! they got upset when he dared to mention that Man is head of household, and wives submit to their husbands

Disgraceful that SBC allowed this to happen.

 

[Baptist Believer]

Maybe wants women pastors and teachers installed there!

The seminary does not have a pastor... it is not a church. I wouldn’t mind having more female professors there, but it is not my business if Southwestern and the SBC don’t want to do that.

The reality of the situation is that Dr. Patterson was quite uneven regarding public positions and what he allowed and disallowed.

For instance, Dr. Patterson has taken the public position that a person who speaks in tongues, publicly or privately, would not be hired, nor continue to be employed, but the seminary. That position was also issued by the SWBTS board of trustees, so it was definitely official policy.

However, throughout all of those pronouncements, he allowed a professor, E Earle Ellis, to teach there (who served at “the President’s pleasure”) who was well-known in the seminary community as a person who privately spent me in tongues, and that information was part of his classes on the writings of Paul, especially 1 Corinthians. These viewpoints and testimony was also in print in his books. Earle Ellis and the Patterson’s were good friends and traveled together, and Paige Patterson was aware of his views and practice. I asked Earle why he was still allowed to teach there and all he gave me was the cryptic response, “I am more conservative than the President,” referring to Patterson.

 

[Yeshua1]

Disgraceful that SBC allowed this to happen.

taking the rebuke of the World and not caving in is what Jesus commands us to do!

 

[Baptist Believer]

It was the modern Femiinism group me Too that took him out! they got upset when he dared to mention that Man is head of household, and wives submit to their husbands

That’s far to simplistic of a reason. There were many reasons to do this. The seminary is in crisis as far as students and finances. They need new leadership.

 

[Reynolds]

taking the rebuke of the World and not caving in is what Jesus commands us to do!

Agree. SBC is becoming worthless.

 

[Yeshua1]

The seminary does not have a pastor... it is not a church. I wouldn’t mind having more female professors there, but it is not my business if Southwestern and the SBC don’t want to do that.

The reality of the situation is that Dr. Patterson was quite uneven regarding public positions and what he allowed and disallowed.

For instance, Dr. Patterson has taken the public position that a person who speaks in tongues, publicly or privately, would not be hired, nor continue to be employed, but the seminary. That position was also issued by the SWBTS board of trustees, so it was definitely official policy.

However, throughout all of those pronouncements, he allowed a professor, E Earle Ellis, to teach there (who served at “the President’s pleasure”) who was well-known in the seminary community as a person who privately spent me in tongues, and that information was part of his classes on the writings of Paul, especially 1 Corinthians. These viewpoints and testimony was also in print in his books. Earle Ellis and the Patterson’s were good friends and traveled together, and Paige Patterson was aware of his views and practice. I asked Earle why he was still allowed to teach there and all he gave me was the cryptic response, “I am more conservative than the President,” referring to Patterson.

So His viewpoints from the Bible on male headship did not cause any of this then?

 

[Yeshua1]

That’s far to simplistic of a reason. There were many reasons to do this. The seminary is in crisis as far as students and finances. They need new leadership.

Buckling under worldly pressure will not cause them to get better though!

 

[Reynolds]

That’s far to simplistic of a reason. There were many reasons to do this. The seminary is in crisis as far as students and finances. They need new leadership.

They were "in crisis" because Satan is attacking. They are now truly in crisis because they surrendered to the criticism of the wicked. They compromised. They caved.