A powerful Southern Baptist committee was planning to appoint a new president on Monday who could navigate controversies over its handling of sexual-abuse reforms and the ousting of churches with women pastors
Instead, the Executive Committee found itself tangled in yet another dispute, voting down a recommendation to make its own former chairman its president in what had become a racially fraught decision.
Bishop A.B. Vines — a former SBC vice president and former president of the National African American Fellowship within the SBC — challenged the selection process last week in an open letter to the Executive Committee. He noted that Black pastor Willie McLaurin, with experience as a Tennessee Baptist Mission Board staff member, has served as the committee's interim president since early 2022. Two other SBC agencies recently hired interim leaders to permanent positions.
After the vote, Vines told The Associated Press: “Today’s vote was about process and integrity. Today we showed the watching world that we honor both.” One of the Executive Committee members, Oklahoma pastor Mike Keahbone, tweeted he was “grieved” by the vote. “I believe we made a mistake today,” he said.
Asked about the concerns raised by Black pastors, he said: “Our hope again is that we would one day soon not only see more diversity in the first seat but we would see more diversity in every seat on our trustee boards, at our seminaries.”
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