UNITED STATES
The Washington Post
June 10, 2018
By Michelle Boorstein and Sarah Pulliam Bailey
Southern Baptists pride themselves on being independent, democratic, Average Joes who pick their own pastors, no pope telling them what to do. Their credo is “the priesthood of the believer,” which means every Christian has access to God – no pecking order.
And then there is The Red Bishop.
Or “TRB,” as the red-haired Paige Patterson was known (and sometimes as he himself signed documents) during his decades-long reign as one of the most powerful leaders in the history of the Southern Baptist Convention, a giant force in American evangelicalism.
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