The Southern Baptist Convention’s largest seminary fired president Paige Patterson following an outpouring of criticism—including from within the denomination—for his comments on women. Patterson is also a former president of the 15-million-member denomination.
After meeting for 13 hours on May 22, the board of trustees of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, voted to make Paige Patterson president emeritus.
A week later, the school’s executive committee, responding to what it said was new information about Patterson’s handling of a sexual abuse allegation, voted to remove his emeritus status and to withdraw a previous invitation for him to reside on campus as theologian-in-residence with compensation.
