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Tanuki

(14,918 posts)
Wed Mar 28, 2018, 12:46 PM Mar 2018

Southern Baptist leader Page resigns over "morally inappropriate" relationship

Thoughts & prayers.

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/religion/2018/03/27/frank-s-page-top-southern-baptist-leader-announces-retirement/461829002/

..."Page, the president and chief executive officer of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee, stepped down Tuesday from the leadership role and retired from active ministry, according to the Baptist Press, an official publication of the Nashville-based denomination. 

Earlier in the day, Page, 65, had announced he was retiring, but acknowledged later that he needed to be more forthright on why he was leaving the post.

"As a result of a personal failing, I have embarrassed my family, my Lord, myself, and the Kingdom," Page said in a statement released through the Baptist Press. 

"Out of a desire to protect my family and those I have hurt, I initially announced my retirement earlier today without a complete explanation," Page said. "However, after further wrestling with my personal indiscretion, it became apparent to me that this situation must be acknowledged in a more forthright manner. It is my most earnest desire in the days to come to rebuild the fabric of trust with my wife and daughters, those who know me best and love me most."

It is unclear the exact nature of the inappropriate relationship. ".....






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Southern Baptist leader Page resigns over "morally inappropriate" relationship (Original Post) Tanuki Mar 2018 OP
And that "moral majority" marches on... ck4829 Mar 2018 #1
If it's unclear, we'll just have to use our imaginations... MineralMan Mar 2018 #2
I imagine that this may be about buttsechs, TheDebbieDee Mar 2018 #4
Copious amounts of frog-licking Blue_Adept Mar 2018 #5
Thoughts and prayers are going out...fer shure... MineralMan Mar 2018 #6
Well, that certainly answers that gratuitous Mar 2018 #3
Live boy or dead sex worker? superpatriotman Mar 2018 #7
That's why evangelicals support Trump. "Morally inappropriate" is just the way they always are. Binkie The Clown Mar 2018 #8

MineralMan

(146,286 posts)
2. If it's unclear, we'll just have to use our imaginations...
Wed Mar 28, 2018, 12:52 PM
Mar 2018

I can just imagine what this might be about. Yes, I can.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
3. Well, that certainly answers that
Wed Mar 28, 2018, 12:59 PM
Mar 2018

Complete explanation: My personal indiscretion.

Did he fart in a crowded elevator? Other people are talking about an inappropriate relationship, but Page is noticeably reticent with the details of his personal indiscretion. Weird.

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
8. That's why evangelicals support Trump. "Morally inappropriate" is just the way they always are.
Wed Mar 28, 2018, 03:25 PM
Mar 2018

It's not that they're excusing Trump for doing something wrong. It's that they act that way themselves and consider Trump just one of their own.

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