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Are Southern Baptists Experiencing a #MeToo Moment?

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Christianity Today

Religion, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.3622 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2018

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

It’s been quite a week for Southern Baptists. Since this podcast was recorded, Baptist Press reported that a senior professor of evangelism and student ministry at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary had resigned over “personal and spiritual issues.” It’s been quite a week for Southern Baptists. Since this podcast was recorded, Baptist Press reported that a senior professor of evangelism and student ministry at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary had resigned over “personal and spiritual issues.” The same article also reported that an Alabama pastor had resigned as executive director of Connect316 and publisher of SBC Today over a Facebook post that seemed to make light of gang rape at the expense of a number of prominent Southern Baptist leaders. This news came just hours after Southern Baptist Theological Seminary president Al Mohler published a piece he headlined “The Wrath of God Poured Out: The Humiliation of the Southern Baptist Convention.” And just hours before, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary trustees removed Paige Patterson as president. That’s just from this week. We could go back further. So what’s going on? We asked longtime Southern Baptist leader Ed Stetzer, now executive director of Wheaton College’s Billy Graham Center, to shed light on everything happening to America’s largest Protestant denomination. Stetzer joined associate digital media producer Morgan Lee and editor in chief Mark Galli to discuss whether or not the denomination is truly in a #MeToo moment (like Mohler has claimed), why Southern Baptist leaders generally don’t publicly criticize each other, and what role the internet and social media have played in the events of the past month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This episode is brought to you in part by The Apologetics Guy Show, the podcast that helps you find clear answers to tough questions about Christianity.

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Music Michael Del Rosario at Apologeticsguy.com. You're listening to Quick to Listen.

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Each week we go beyond hashtags and hot takes to discuss a major cultural event.

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I'm Morgan Lee, associate digital media producer

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here at Christianity today, and we are going to be recording a special edition version of

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Quick to Listen this week. That's right. You were listening to your second episode this week of

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Quick to Listen because there's been a lot that's been going on in the Southern Baptist Convention,

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and we think that you need to be informed about it.

0:54.4

I'm not doing this alone, obviously. I am joined by Mark Galley, our editor-in-chief.

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Hey, good to be here. Good to do an extra session. Exactly. I'm excited that we're doing it as well.

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I'm also joined by Ed Stetzer. Ed Stetzer is the director of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College.

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He is also an interim pastor at Moody Church, and I will not list every other.

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Father of three daughters, husband of one wife, those are the things that matter most.

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Okay.

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There you go.

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Okay.

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Friends to Mark Galley.

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So that's right up there.

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Like hanging out friends.

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And for this conversation, a Southern Baptist.

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