As I neared graduation from a Southern Baptist college and pastored a Southern Baptist church my maternal grandfather had started decades earlier, my mother was fired from the Missouri Baptist Convention. She had accused the executive director of sexual harassment, so he forced her out as controller/CFO and then lied about her in the convention’s publication and in his message at that year’s MBC meeting as I sat in the crowd.
I've always been grateful, inspired, and humbled by your mother's courage. However, I'm also deeply saddened by her horrendous and painful experience. Despite this, she continues to serve the kingdom well and with great honor.
My first Southern Baptist Convention was the one in 1979 and I knew something there was not right. Your editorial helps explain the distaste I have and the embarrassment I feel over the SBC leadership.
Thanks much for this article, Brian -- and your mother's story is heartbreaking . . . made so much worse because it is not uncommon.
My heart sighs, while my voice--to you--says thanks.
I've always been grateful, inspired, and humbled by your mother's courage. However, I'm also deeply saddened by her horrendous and painful experience. Despite this, she continues to serve the kingdom well and with great honor.
My first Southern Baptist Convention was the one in 1979 and I knew something there was not right. Your editorial helps explain the distaste I have and the embarrassment I feel over the SBC leadership.
Thank you for an accurate witness of the rot and the carnal sinful nature of the conservative resurgence since its beginning right up to the present.