Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary renames its undergraduate college
Fort Worth Star-Telegram 1 hr ago David Silva Ramirez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Jun. 9 Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth announced Wednesday that it is renaming its undergraduate college, four years after it was renamed to honor the seminary s second president.
The undergraduate college, which was founded in 2005 as The College at Southwestern, is now Texas Baptist College.
In 2017, the college was renamed L.R. Scarborough College under the leadership of former President Paige Patterson, who experienced public turmoil in 2018 over his handling of sexual abuse claims and previous comments he made about abuse.
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Patterson accused of taking items from Southwestern
June 2, 2021
Scott Barkley and George Schroeder / Baptist Press
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FORT WORTH (BP) Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary used its annual report to the Southern Baptist Convention to assert former President Paige Patterson “improperly removed” documents and other items that belong to the seminary after his firing in 2018.
In an interview with Baptist Press, Patterson denied the allegations the seminary made in the 2021 SBC Book of Reports. He also denied he and others have a to divert donations away from the seminary to the Sandy Creek Foundation, his personal nonprofit organization.
In a statement to Baptist Press, Adam W. Greenway, who succeeded Patterson as Southwestern’s president, asserted: “Southwestern Seminary has told the truth.”
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