Daniel Akin got into a little trouble on Twitter this week. Conservatives weren’t happy with his decision to hire a questionable professor. When confronted on Twitter, Akin panicked and shared incorrect information about the professor. (Akin called the new professor a complementarian, but she rejects that label.) When confronted over the incorrect information, he doubled down on his defense. So, how do the elites in the Southern Baptist Convention respond?
They circle the wagons.
They bring in the big guns.
Al Mohler tweets his support.
Mohler said of Akin, “One of my closest colleagues for more than two decades and a man I would trust with my whole heart.