Suffice it to say that my sources are from those who were there at the time to know first hand what went on. One was an administrator and the others were professors.
If one doesn’t believe employees are paid hush money in the SBC then take a look at Dr. Dilday when he was fired. It was public knowledge that the trustees offered him hush money and he refused. It was in the Ft. Worth papers at the time. It was also in the media. When people have nothing to hide they hide nothing. Certainly that was not the case with the trustees when they fired Dilday. It was reported in the media, newspapers, by the faculty and the trustees that they gave Dilday an excellent evaluation. Then the next day they fired him. The chairman of the trustees at the time was later caught shacking up with two ladies in his church. The trustees admitted they were afraid of having the media there. My mailman knew a lot of information as well. They are nothing short of liars.
Do a search on BP and ABP and see what they report.
Look at Patterson's public character.
Would anyone respect a man who lives like a king, tells people he believes the Bible and asks for an addition onto his home to store his books. Then a few months later He tells the convention they need money for the seminary. I have been inside that home many, many times when Dr. Dilday was president. It is a huge house.
Would anyone respect a man who allows his wife to be brought in as a full professor without any time at that seminary first. What secular university would do that? What kind of respect does that show to those who must earn that right first and had earned that distinction? Because he is an administrator and she is a professor isn’t that nepotism? What university or public school district would allow that kind of ethics. Every school district I know has policy against that. He should refuse that kind of practice and she should refuse to work under him at the same location. To add to that: the president of NOBTS is Patterson’s brother in law. Christians should refuse any kind of thing that appears of nepotism even if others agree it is okay. Insurance companies do not appreciate nepotism in business and non-profit organizations and neither does the government.
Would anyone respect a man who says he will not fire any women at SWBTS but he just does not renew her contract? Would anyone respect a man who does not renew the contract of probably one of the finest professors SWBTS has ever known? Her name was Dr. Karen Bullock.
If one read the BB just within the past few days the lady Hebrew teacher at SWBTS is not getting her yearly contract renewed. She was hired after Dr. Bullock and then is now not having her contract renewed. Is that ethical? From what I read, the only cause is she is a woman.
Would anyone respect a man who does things at a seminary that are considered unethical and illegal in secular universities? Certainly seminaries are exempt from virtually all federal and state laws governing hiring and firing of employees. But a Christian should be above that kind of practice. Christians should be of the finest character in all their dealings with everyone. Christians are bound by a higher code than convenience or just because they may not like a situation.
Would anyone respect a man who has made several trips to Africa and hangs animal heads on his wall so everyone can see them while there are students coming from those same countries who can hardly afford a bicycle. Just imagine what those trips cost! Two hundred dollars goes a long ways in some of those countries in Africa. Seems to me that is living like a king in luxury and indulgence while others who come to the seminary come at a great sacrifice. Is that exemplifying the best in ethical leadership?
