Southern Baptist Leader Responds to Charge That He Wants Abused Wives to Stay With Husbands
A former president of the Southern Baptist Convention and current head of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is pushing back against claims that he encourages abused wives to stay with their husbands.
SWBTS President Paige Patterson has garnered recent controversy when a blog posted an interview he gave back in 2000 in which he appeared to support women staying with abusive husbands rather than separating from them.
In a statement released on the seminary's website on Sunday, Patterson responded, "I have never counseled or condoned abuse of any kind."...