SBC Executive Committe Faces Controversy over Interim President's Church Affiliations and Staff

“EC Vice President for Communications Jonathan Howe, per EC bylaws, was announced by EC Chairman Philip Robertson as the new interim president and CEO.” - BPNews

Related: New SBC head attends a dually aligned church and his wife is a ‘minister’ - BNG

Discussion

The fact that this congregation is a member of the CBF definitely places it way over to the left side in SBC life. It is interesting - and surprising - that the chair of their executive committee would belong to such a church. By the way, the CBF is not just mildly left-leaning. For example, two lesbians from our own community married several years ago. They now co-pastor a CBF congregation in Washington, D.C.