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Do we even know *infidelity* is involved. Last I looked the charge was *inappropriate behavior*, which covers a lot of potential terrain, some of which might not even preclude preaching.

There's no report that the church fired him, just a report that his last day at the church was the 25th. Anything else is speculation, and gossip. Likewise, there's no detail provided about the way events transpired from the time he originally announced retirement, to the time he determined to give a more detailed reason. There's nothing there to indicate that the decision to disclose the reason wasn't made by Page, or anything else about it.

From the article starting this thread:

Page has been serving on weekends since Feb. 4 as interim lead pastor at Hebron Baptist Church in Dacula, Ga. On Tuesday [27 March] church leaders announced March 25 was Page’s last day.

Page announced his resignation from the SBC position but not from his interim pastorate as would be expected simultaneously. The church leaders announced his last day after the fact. Thus, he was fired. His inappropriate behavior, of course, was probably putting a check for $100 in the offering and then taking $99.00 in change, an old trick for completing the charitable deduction in preparation for the ides of April. This was far more serious than adultery, pedophilia, or homosexual delights.

Maybe he didn't tell them he was leaving town till the day after his last sermon. Jim, you're jumping to way too many foregone conclusions in this matter.