How the Old Boys' Club Ousted Karen Swallow Prior
The literature scholar had prominent positions at Liberty University, Southeastern Seminary, and the SBC's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, then realized she couldn't reform from within.
I thought for a long time I could help the church (or at least my slice of it) change. I could take a community and denomination rife with racism, cronyism, misogyny and abuse and change it.
How foolish I was.
Scholar, author, and speaker
wrote this doleful reflection last fall, several months after she had announced her departure from Southeastern Bapti…Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
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