Southern Baptist African American leaders and seminary presidents said they had an ‘honest and open conversation’ during the virtual meeting earlier in the week amid controversy about Critical Race Theory.
This is not some sort of philosophical debate. It has very real, very dangerous consequences. Read full piece
Black pastors say seminary leaders undid progress. Read full piece
The presidents of the six Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) seminaries released a joint statement in late November dismissing critical race theory as incompatible with their understanding of the gospel and the 2000 Southern Baptist Convention Faith and Message. Read full piece
A sweeping recent statement about racial theory from Southern Baptist leaders has prompted at least four Black pastors to publicly break from the denomination and has triggered high-level, urgent meetings about whether Black evangelicals have a place in the Southern Baptist Convention. Read full piece
Adam W. Greenway, president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, attacked Black Southern Baptists who took offense at a statement he endorsed that condemned Critical Race Theory as “incompatible with the Baptist Faith & Message.”
A cross-ethnic group of Southern Baptists released a statement Friday titled “Justice, Repentance, and the SBC” that challenges SBC seminary presidents on the topic of Critical Race Theory.
The six Southern Baptist seminary presidents would have done well to reflect on their own denominational history. Read full piece
When did the theological architects of American slavery develop the moral character to tell the church how it should discuss and discern racism? When did those who have yet to hire multiple Black or brown faculty at their seminaries assume ethical authority on the subject
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