When the Wall Street Journal writes about the Southern Baptist Convention it is worth reading. A story by Ian Lovett made news in two ways: It reveals the priorities of the new administration of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and it reveals how desperate SBC elites are to promote the idea that young evangelicals are drifting away from conservative politics. Both items are revealing and, sadly, dangerous.
First, the new administration wants to turn the seminary from its conservative roots into a bland culture-pleasing corporation. According to the new president, “My immediate predecessor envisioned this being more like Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show,” he said in an interview.