5 Things to Look for at the Southern Baptist Convention Meeting in Dallas

This week, the largest Protestant denomination in the United States will hold its annual gathering in Dallas, Texas, to deal with a host of issues internal and external.

The Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting will be held June 12-13, where messengers from across the country will vote on resolutions and a new convention president.

Here are five important things to watch out for at the convention. They include a resolution denouncing gay therapy bans, the presidential election, and a planned protest against sexual misconduct.

The Paige Patterson Controversy

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There will likely be many mentions of the issues surrounding Paige Patterson, the former Southern Baptist Convention president caught in a series of allegations regarding the treatment of women.

In late April, a blog posted an interview Patterson gave in 2000 in which he said it was “wrong” to counsel women who are abused by their husbands to seek a divorce unless the level of abuse is “serious enough.”

In the weeks that followed, more…