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Some of you may remember an earlier posting about Sheri Klouda who received her doctorate from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, was hired to teach there, but then told she could not get tenure because she is a woman.

Below is an article about other Southern Baptist seminaries and their policies and procedures regarding their stand on hiring women to teach theology or pastoral ministries courses.

In early February the TEXAN asked the leadership of the five other SBC seminaries about their procedures and policies regarding the appointment of biblical studies professors.  Midwestern Seminary, Southern Seminary, New Orleans Seminary, and Southeastern Seminary granted interviews with the seminary presidents. Golden Gate Seminary responded to questions by e-mail.  

The seminaries, each with its own trustee governing board, differ slightly in policy and practice. None, however, has women teaching theology or pastoral ministries courses.  The following are the questions the TEXAN asked and the responses by the seminaries’ presidents or spokesmen.

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STOCKTON — For the ninth time, sentencing was delayed for the Ripon pastor who stole his church. It’s been rescheduled for Friday.

Randall Radic, 54, pleaded guilty last year to one count of grand theft by embezzlement. He was charged in November 2005 with 10 felonies and two enhancements in a case in which prosecutors said he sold church property — first the parsonage where he lived and later, the sanctuary.

Investigators said he received $460,000 for selling The First Congregational Church on Main Street in Ripon. An unsuspecting couple who purchased it planned to use it as an investment, renting it to start-up churches.

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