Lydia

“But what will PP do when the money is not there? He may cut the wages of everyone else or lay people off. Surely he wouldn’t consider that his wages or the wages of his wife should be touched, right? After all he is the most important person there and without him where would the leadership be? ”

That has already happened in quite a few places he has been. It is always about him living the high life. Did you know he has a pastry chef at Pecan Manor, the presidents home at SWBTS? My point is they are not safe anyway. Especially educated women unless they are married to someone in the inner circle.

“The question of how to get ineffective or unethical leaders off of their place of influence is a huge one. I think that inevitably someone of importance or someone with a backbone of steel needs to stand up to these people. And then another one needs to come after him/her. And then another one and another one and eventually something will be done. How many “dead” bodies it will take before anyone listens, I am not sure. I sure do wish that I had God’s ability to know the answers.”

That is not going to happen. The trustees are all hand picked and most of the other leaders like their celebrity status, too. No one wants anyone looking too closely. Which is why they hate blogs.

When I was a kid 20,000 people used to go as messengers to the convention and were actively involved. Now they are lucky to get 7000 and most of those are ministers and staff people. Now the whole thing is run by a few good old boys who have thrown the Priesthood of the Believer out the window. Their amassing of power has made them influential and wealthy and authoritarian. And tons of young men in seminary are dying to emulate them.

BTW: No one knows exactly how many people are still in the SBC. They throw around the 16 mill number but most know it is most likely about half that if that much.

And there are much more efficient ways to support missionaries than sending it to the SBC to help pay for the high life of our leaders instead of boots on the ground.