Stories tagged with: paige patterson

• Patterson: 'I will not preach the convention sermon'

  by David Roach, posted Friday, June 08, 2018 (6 years ago)

  

  BP file photo by Adam Covington

  DALLAS (BP) -- Paige Patterson has withdrawn from preaching the convention sermon next week at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Dallas. As a result of that decision, Austin, Texas, pastor Kie Bowman will deliver the meeting's keynote message.

  Patterson announced his decision in a June 8 email to SBC President Steve Gaines and said he also is withdrawing as chairman of the evangelism task force appointed by Gaines a year ago in response to a vote of the convention in Phoenix. Read More

• Patterson attorney claims 'misrepresentation'

  by David Roach, posted Tuesday, June 05, 2018 (6 years ago)

  

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  EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was updated June 5 at 3:41 p.m.

  FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- An attorney for terminated Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Paige Patterson issued a media release late Monday afternoon (June 4) defending Patterson against alleged "wide-spread misrepresentation and misinformation."

  Hours later, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary issued a statement responding to the attorney's claims about documents from Patterson's tenure as Southeastern's president from 1992-2003. Also in response to statements in the release, current Southeastern President Danny Akin told Baptist Press institutional records indicate former student Megan Lively reported to seminary officials in 2003 that "a nonconsensual sexual act had been performed against her person."

  Patterson has drawn fire for, among other issues, his handling of Lively's report. Read More

• SWBTS trustee chairman: Decision to fire Patterson 'clear'

  by Staff, posted Friday, June 01, 2018 (6 years ago)

  

  Photo by Adam Covington/SWBTS

  FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- In response to "a number of follow-up questions," Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Trustee Chairman Kevin Ueckert released a statement Friday (June 1), two days after announcing Paige Patterson's termination by the executive committee of the seminary's trustees.

  The statement specifically addressed Patterson's alleged mishandling of two incidents of reported rapes -- one at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2003 by Megan Lively and another reported by a female student at SWBTS in 2015. The former seminary president, forced into a president emeritus position during a special May 22 trustee meeting, has been under fire since late April for statements he has made about domestic abuse and women's physical appearance. Read More

• Patterson firing met with strong reaction, cancellations

  by David Roach, posted Thursday, May 31, 2018 (6 years ago)

  

  Photo by Adam Covington/SWBTS

  FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- Following Paige Patterson's termination by a 12-member committee of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary trustees, reactions have ranged from affirmation of the trustees to defense of Patterson.

  The seminary has canceled planned on-campus events in conjunction with the June 12-13 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Dallas, and at least two of Patterson's speaking engagements at ancillary meetings have been canceled. Patterson has not said whether he will deliver the convention sermon in Dallas, a task messengers at the 2017 SBC annual meeting elected him to fulfill. Read More

• SWBTS: Paige Patterson terminated 'effective immediately'

  by Staff, posted Wednesday, May 30, 2018 (6 years ago)

  

  BP file photo by Matt Miller

  FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- Paige Patterson has been terminated "effective immediately," according to a statement released Wednesday evening (May 30) by Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

  The decision, according to the statement, was based on "new information confirmed this morning … regarding the handling of an allegation of sexual abuse against a student during Dr. Paige Patterson’s presidency at another institution and resulting issues connected with statements to the Board of Trustees that are inconsistent with SWBTS's biblically informed core values." Read More

• SWBTS interim pres. Bingham 'humbled' to serve

  by David Roach, posted Thursday, May 24, 2018 (6 years ago)

  

  FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- Historical theologian Jeffrey Bingham has accepted the interim presidency of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The position was offered to him May 23 in a 3 a.m. phone call from trustee chairman Kevin Ueckert after trustees named former president Paige Patterson as president emeritus.

  Meanwhile, reaction to trustees' decision about Patterson has come from a range of Southern Baptists, including Southern Baptist Convention President Steve Gaines and both announced candidates for next month's SBC presidential election in Dallas. Read More

• Trustees: Patterson move aims for 'benefit' of SWBTS

  by David Roach, posted Wednesday, May 23, 2018 (6 years ago)

  

  Photo by Adam Covington/SWBTS

  FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary trustees say their decision to "move in the direction of new leadership" by making Paige Patterson president emeritus effective immediately was intended "for the benefit of the future mission of the seminary." Patterson's new role will come "with compensation" and was approved by a "majority vote."

  Patterson released a statement today (May 23) to Baptist Press in response to the trustee's decision. Read More

• Patterson appointed pres. emeritus by SWBTS trustees

  by David Roach, posted Wednesday, May 23, 2018 (6 years ago)

  

  Photo by Adam Covington/SWBTS

  In a meeting that began at 1:30 p.m. May 22 and ended just after 3 a.m. May 23, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary's trustees appointed Paige Patterson president emeritus effective immediately. They also named as interim president of the seminary Jeffrey Bingham, dean of Southwestern's School of Theology, pending his acceptance. Read More

• Gaines addresses Patterson, racial diversity, SBC

  by Staff, posted Friday, May 11, 2018 (6 years ago)

  

  BP file photo by Adam Covington

  CORDOVA, Tenn. (BP) -- Responding to questions about his committee appointments and controversy involving a Southern Baptist seminary leader, SBC President Steve Gaines released a statement today (May 11) to Baptist Press.

  Gaines, pastor of Memphis-area Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, Tenn., specifically addresses the controversy involving past statements by Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Paige Patterson on women, divorce and domestic violence. Gaines' statement also touched on racial diversity and ways Southern Baptists can pray for the SBC leading up to its annual meeting in Dallas, June 12-13. Read More

• Patterson apologizes for comments 'hurtful to women'

  by David Roach, posted Thursday, May 10, 2018 (6 years ago)

  

  BP file photo by Matt Miller

  FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- Paige Patterson has apologized for a "failure to be as thoughtful ... as I should have been" in describing domestic violence and the physical attractiveness of women in sermon illustrations.

  Patterson, president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, has been criticized following widespread sharing online of a video of a 2014 sermon in which he illustrated the Hebrew word used to describe Eve's being "built" from Adam's rib by quoting a teenage boy's assessment that a teen girl was "built." Patterson added that the girl's appearance was "nice." He also has drawn criticism for an audio clip from 2000 in which he expressed his views regarding domestic violence. Read More