Two professors at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary will leave their jobs rather than sign The Baptist Faith and Message as revised by the Southern Baptist Convention last year.
According to a May 1 story in the Star-Telegram newspaper in Fort Worth, Texas, 49-year-old Old Testament professor Rick Johnson and 44-year-old ethics professor Jeph Holloway have been told they must leave within a year.
The newspaper quoted a leader of the seminary’s board of trustees as saying the two men disagree with the faith statement’s new prohibition on women pastors.
The seminary’s policy is that all faculty must agree with the current Baptist Faith and Message.
Seminary President Ken Hemphill told the Texas newspaper that limiting employment to faculty who are willing to sign the new document is in the SBC’s best interest. (ABP)
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