Willie McLaurin, Welcome to the Club

Willie McLaurin and I have something in common: We both have had to step down from leading a Southern Baptist Convention entity — he as interim president of the Executive Committee, I as president of Midwestern Seminary. He just resigned when they discovered he’d embellished his academic credentials; I was fired twenty-four... read full story

"His military background undergirded a no-nonsense leadership style … However, Coppenger's directness at times proved to be a bit much, putting him at odds with the seminary's board of trustees and leading to his departure in 1999."