https://sbcvoices.com/nobts-chapel-and- ... dr-kelley/
Not a totally unexpected or surprising reaction, considering the family relationship involved. You can change the names, run the clock back about 35 years, and get the same kind of reactions from those who were involved in the inner circle of SBC leadership back then. The carefully built structure of relationships, placement of trustees on boards and the "ministry career ladder" climbed by those who had relatives in important places, or who hitched up wagons to those who seemed to be going places was knocked down in one convention meeting in Houston. Seems like another Texas gathering, in Dallas, may have led to the knocking down of another carefully built structure. I wonder when we'll start hearing the word "takeover". Seems like the older SBC leadership has the same attitude of entitlement as the moderates did prior to 1979.
Dr. Kelley is entitled to voice his opinion as a leader of an SBC entity, but I think doing it in front of a captive audience in a chapel service sends the wrong message. It certainly didn't get much in the way of positive reviews.
By the way, there are now four SBC entities searching for new top administrative leadership, as Dr. Thom Rainer has announced his retirement from Lifeway Christian Resources.