Prominent Southern Baptist leaders Russell Moore and Thom Rainer are speaking out against the controversial comments of a former Southern Baptist Convention president who in 2000 appeared to advocate for women to remain with abusive husbands.
Last Saturday, the Baptist Blogger posted an audio recording from 2000 in which former SBC head Paige Patterson, who currently serves as president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, spoke of encouraging a woman to remain with her abusive husband.
Rainer, who is president and CEO of LifeWay, released a statement on Monday, declaring that there “is no level or type of abuse of women that is acceptable.”
“We have been called by God to show honor and respect to all women and girls. They are our mothers, our sisters, our daughters, our granddaughters, and our wives,” stated Rainer.
“And I stand with all who say ‘no’ to any type of abuse of women at any time and under any circumstance.”
Moore, who heads the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, echoed Rainer’s position on…
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