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It\u2019s been quite a week for Southern Baptists. Since this podcast was recorded, Baptist Press reported that a senior professor of evangelism and student ministry at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary had resigned over \u201cpersonal and spiritual issues.\u201d It\u2019s been quite a week for Southern Baptists. Since this podcast was recorded, Baptist Press reported that a senior professor of evangelism and student ministry at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary had resigned over \u201cpersonal and spiritual issues.\u201d The same article also reported that an Alabama pastor had resigned as executive director of Connect316 and publisher of SBC Today\xa0over a Facebook post that seemed to make light of gang rape at the expense of a number of prominent Southern Baptist leaders. This news came just hours after Southern Baptist Theological Seminary president Al Mohler published a piece he headlined \u201cThe Wrath of God Poured Out: The Humiliation of the Southern Baptist Convention.\u201d And just hours before, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary trustees removed Paige Patterson as president. That\u2019s just from this week. We could go back further. So what\u2019s going on? We asked longtime Southern Baptist leader Ed Stetzer, now executive director of Wheaton College\u2019s Billy Graham Center, to shed light on everything happening to America\u2019s largest Protestant denomination. Stetzer joined associate digital media producer Morgan Lee and editor in chief Mark Galli to discuss whether or not the denomination is truly in a #MeToo moment (like Mohler has claimed), why Southern Baptist leaders generally don\u2019t publicly criticize each other, and what role the internet and social media have played in the events of the past month.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices