Paige Patterson

L. Paige Patterson
8th President of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
In office
June 24, 2003 (2003-06-24) – May 23, 2018 (2018-05-23)
Vice PresidentCraig Blaising
Preceded byKenneth S. Hemphill
Succeeded byAdam W. Greenway
52nd President of the
Southern Baptist Convention
In office
1998 (1998)–2000 (2000)
Preceded byTom Elliff
Succeeded byJames Merritt
5th President of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
In office
1992 (1992)–2003 (2003)
Preceded byLewis A. Drummond
Succeeded byDaniel L. Akin
Personal details
BornOctober 19, 1942
NationalityAmerican
SpouseDorothy Jean née Kelley
ChildrenArmour (son) and Carmen (daughter)
Parent(s)Thomas Armour "T.A." Patterson (father), Roberta M. "Honey" Turner Patterson (mother)
Alma materHardin-Simmons University
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
OccupationTheologian

L. Paige Patterson (born October 19, 1942) served as the fifth president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C., from 1992 to 2003, as president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) from 1998 to 2000, and as the eighth president of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, from 2003 until his firing in 2018.

He played a major role in the Southern Baptist "conservative resurgence", called "Fundamentalist Takeover" by opponents. He has been alternately described as a fundamentalist and a conservative evangelical.


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