Ringgold, Ga on Paige Patterson

Rarely do you find such insight about the takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention this close to Collinsville, Alabama but just across the line, about a 45 minute drive from Collinsville writes www.jeanniebabbtaylor.com

Check out her full opinion piece there from this teaser about Paige Patterson and the Klouda case at SWBTS.

There Patterson fired a woman just because she was a woman.

Your mindless Cooperative Program Dollars support this Junk.
If you want to support the missionaries then God Bless You; some of them are personal friends of mine.

But send your money smart.
Defund the Karl Rove playground in the seminaries and Richard Land's ERLC

Don't take my word; talk to David Gushee about it at Mercer University. Some in the area already have the phone number.

Ms. Babb Taylor:


The president of Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary stands as a not-so-shining example of such white-washed misogyny. Ten years ago, when the Atlanta Journal Constitution asked Paige Patterson about women, he replied, “Everyone should own at least one.”
Perhaps he wasn’t joking. Patterson became the architect of the conservative resurgence in the Southern Baptist Convention at the turn of the millennium. Under Patterson’s leadership, the conservatives succeeded in stripping ordained female chaplains of their endorsement. They sought to replace the “priesthood of the believer” doctrine with husbands being priests of their wives. They forced missionaries to agree to male-over-female marriages or else give up their funding.
After Paige Patterson became president of the Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary (SWBTS), he fired a theology professor just for being female. Dr. Sheri Klouda, PhD, earned her degree at SWBTS and taught Hebrew there prior to Patterson’s gender discrimination. Patterson claims he has a right to discriminate against women, since SWBTS is a religious institution. Klouda responded by filing suit in federal court.
What does this have to do with domestic violence? Everything. Those who strip women of their status and financial means are also happy to subject them to other forms of abuse.

Patterson himself was caught on tape telling other pastors that he never condones divorce – and rarely even separation or seeking of help -- for victims of marital violence. In that transcript, Patterson shares an example in which he advised a battered wife to stay with her husband. He told her to submit to the man, to pray for him, and to get ready for the violence to increase. Patterson said he was “happy” when the woman came back to his church with two black eyes, because her husband also came.

All of these attitudes contribute to a culture of violence against women. We cannot expect abused women to solve the problem any more than we would expect children to solve the problem of child abuse, or pets to solve the problem of animal cruelty. Those of us who are free and strong must intervene to help victims.To help or receive help in northwest Georgia, contact the Family Crisis Center at (706) 375-7630. In other areas, call 1-800-799-SAFE or TTY 1-800-787-3224
.Jeannie Babb Taylor www.JeannieBabbTaylor.com
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