NASHVILLE (TN)
Tennessean
June 24, 2018
By R. A. Mathews
Men in power have long been using the Apostle Paul’s words to silence women. Not anymore.
Paige Patterson isn’t alone; there are many like him. This disgraced Southern Baptist seminary president’s actions promise to unleash a wave of voices.
A tidal wave — #MeToo4Christians.
Allegedly, in a 2000 audio recording, Patterson tells a battered woman to “be submissive in every way” to her violent husband. Patterson uses words from the Apostle Paul, forgetting a few — I’ll get to that.
There are also the rape incidents he allegedly mishandled terribly. Not to mention repeatedly demeaning women.
I attended a Southern Baptist seminary and have been a Baptist theologian for decades. Do I have stories? I wouldn’t know where to begin.
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