TS&TT: Matthew Barrett: What Hath Nashville to do with Canterbury

The Sword & The Trowel

Founders Ministries

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 850 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden discuss the recent departure of Dr. Matthew Barrett from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, his becoming Anglican, and the lessons that we can learn. Show Notes:Ready to plan your next event? Contact Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center: https://LYBCC.com Register for the 2026 National Founders Conference - Make Disciples: https://founders.org/conference/ Get 10% off Miller's Grove Soap with code "FOUNDERS": https://TheMillersGrove.com Preorder "The Baptist Catechism": https://press.founders.org/shop/the-baptist-catechism/ Check out the Founders Study Center: https://study.founders.org/ Pre-Order "King of Kings": https://press.founders.org/shop/king-of-kings/ Shop the Founders Press Store: https://press.founders.org/ Become a part of the F.A.M. https://press.founders.org/fam/ The Institute of Public Theology: https://www.instituteofpublictheology.org/ Wield The Sword: https://founders.org/wieldthesword/ Follow Founders Ministries: Website: https://founders.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/FoundersMin/Twitter: https://twitter.com/FoundersMinInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/foundersministries/ All Founders Ministries resources are copyrighted and any use and distribution must be approved by Founders Ministries.

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0:00.0	Thank you for joining us for this conversation today on the Sword and the Trial.
0:03.0	Today, Pastor Tom and I talk about Dr. Matthew Barrett, his recent departure from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and his becoming Anglican.
0:11.0	There are a lot of lessons to learn here in this event, so I hope it's a helpful conversation to you. Take a listen.
0:19.0	Welcome to The Sword and the Trial. The Sword in the Trial is a podcast of Founders Ministries and Founders Exists for the Recovery
0:24.3	of the Gospel and the Reformation of local churches.
0:26.9	I'm Graham Gundin.
0:27.9	I'm Tom Ascle.
0:28.9	And today's episode is brought to you, as it often is by the Miller's Grove Soap Company
0:32.9	and Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center as well.
0:36.3	Well, today, Pastor Tom and I want to address some things that have been happening in the
0:40.1	broader evangelical world, particularly in the Baptist-Slas Anglican world, and that is Dr. Matthew
0:47.8	Barrett's departure from Midwestern Baptist Seminary and him converting to Anglicanism.
0:52.9	So what hath Nashville to do with Canterbury?
0:55.3	Right?
0:55.6	The title of this.
0:56.5	One thing.
0:57.3	That's right.
0:57.9	Now, yeah.
0:59.2	So a lot of people were shocked and dismayed when Matthew Barrett announced just a few weeks ago that he had had a storm hit.
1:08.5	And when he looked up, the storm had thrown him on the shores of Anglicanism out of
1:14.1	his Southern Baptist enclave where he'd been a professor for about 10 years or so I think
1:18.5	at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City. And then he wrote an article in a
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