Bad News: Top Southern Baptist leader, resigns due to 'morally inappropriate' relationship

[MineralMan]

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

Frank S. Page, a prominent Southern Baptist leader, resigned his top role in the largest Protestant denomination in America because of a "morally inappropriate" relationship.

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.

Yet another embarrassing story...we'll have to use our imaginations to understand the nature of that "morally inappropriate" relationship, though.

And so soon after what seemed like good news, as described in this link:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/religion/2017/03/13/russell-moore-frank-page-unite-wake-baptist-controversy-over-trump/99122822/

[FreepFryer]

1. Oh no! Heaven forfend. Sending thoughts, prayers and a refusal of reproductive rights (n/t)

[Angry Dragon]

2. a god kicked him out

[rurallib]

3. well, it isn't supporting Trump because it seems to be morally acceptable

to support a totally amoral jerk.

So now I offer thoughts and prayers, by which I mean do nothing.

[MineralMan]

4. I know that thoughts and prayers are going out

for him and his family. Yes, indeed.

[trotsky]

5. There are many stories in the bible about men having concubines and mistresses.

Perhaps he was simply inspired by his faith.

[MineralMan]

6. Perhaps he saw himself as King David or something.

"How much for the little girl? How much for the women!?!"

[muntrv]

7. No mulligan?

[MineralMan]

8. It's OK. He's, you know, forgiven.

[gibraltar72]

9. How is this "bad news"?

[MineralMan]

10. Bad news for him, innit?

Bad news that he was a prominent leader for a long time, too.

It's all sort of bad news.

[gibraltar72]

11. yeah for him

for rational people it's very good news. You know what they say about Baptists.