Secret recordings, leaked letters: Explosive secrets rocking the Southern Baptist Convention – The Washington Post

Secret recordings, leaked letters: Explosive secrets rocking the Southern Baptist Convention – The Washington Post

In other documents obtained by The Post, Patterson criticized one of the SBC’s most prominent pastors, Rick Warren, who is based in California and wrote the best-selling book “The Purpose Driven Life.” In a 2005 email, Patterson described Warren’s influence as “not wholesome for the church of God” and detailed his attempts to work against Warren. “My involvement with it has to be carefully orchestrated,” he wrote, noting that California pastor John MacArthur, a prominent pastor who is not Southern Baptist, was also working to undermine Warren.

Published at Sat, 12 Jun 2021 12:20:00 +0000