SBTS appoints women’s support coordinator

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS) has appointed its first women’s support coordinator to address any gender-related “difficulties or challenges” that women encounter on its campus.

Garnetta Smith, director of the seminary’s Center for Student Success, was appointed to the new position. Smith has master’s degrees in biblical counseling and practical theology from SBTS. She previously served as SBTS’s associate dean for women, academic counselor and manager for disability services.

Albert Mohler, president of the seminary, told Religion News Service on Nov. 29 that an internal review “determined it was not fully supportive of women to require any woman to have to describe what could be very intimate matters to a man.” Mohler added that “there is no tolerance on this campus for sexual harassment, assault or disrespect.” (RNS)