“I have received word through the media that the chairman of the board of trustees for Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Van McClain, intends to consider asking the Southern Baptist Convention to remove me from the board. The reason he has given to the media is his “lost confidence” in me due to his perception that I have breached confidentiality. In the past months, I have asked Brother McClain to provide me with copies of any confidentiality policies governing trustee material. I have not received any copy of such policies, and I have been told by Brother McClain that no confidentiality policies exist.
The Executive Committee of Southwestern’s board of trustees has requested a meeting with me in writing. I have responded to that request, explaining my desire to meet and the conditions under which I am available for such a meeting. No specific details were given to me for this meeting, and I am only now learning of Brother McClain’s specific concerns through the media. I have not yet received any correspondence from him giving me a statement of his specific concerns, though I requested such an enumeration on February 23, 2007. The effort to remove me as a trustee at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is nothing but a twenty-first century lynching of an independent thinking Black man who has demonstrated strong support for the Southern Baptist Convention. Because I will not join the “good old boys club” I’m subjected to removal as a trustee.
At this point, I will issue no further comment regarding this matter. My ministry at Cornerstone Baptist Church and the planning for our Baptist Conference on the Holy Spirit, April 27-29, 2007, controls my greater spiritual attention and personal preparation.
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is very dear to my heart, and I consider my trusteeship to be a great privilege and responsibility given by Southern Baptists. I am unwavering in my support of the institution, and I am resolved to walk prayerfully and sensitively through these troubling times.”
Wm. Dwight McKissic, Sr. 
March 7, 2007 at 1:23 am
Dear Bro. McKissic,
I have often started to write you a letter explaining my support of your stance and your humility regarding all the attacks that you have withstood, but they never seemed quite right.
Let me take this moment and this format to say that I applaud you for your sermon on Aug. 29, and that it is my regret that you are being treated in this manner. You are being open about your views and your actions, and you are being attacked for not keeping things hushed up. I am truly sorry that you are being treated this way.
May you continue to resist the box that some require us all to fit into, just as our Lord resists the boxes we try to put Him into.
March 10, 2007 at 8:15 am
I am praying for you pastor. A friend in Jesus.
March 12, 2007 at 10:53 pm
Grace and peace to you as you face these times.
Char
March 13, 2007 at 4:12 pm
Pastor,
I applaud your courage and your forthrightness about what is clearly in scripture. My family is praying for you and asking that the Holy Spirit will preserve you and minister mightily through you during this time of testing and attack.
FYI, every member of my family has a private prayer language that is essential to our following the Lord and allowing His Spirit to minister to and through us, including providing understanding when we study his Word… all 3 of my children received their own language when I layed hands on them and they asked to receive one from the Lord (some time after leading each of them to acceptance of Jesus as Lord and Savior after they were old enough to understand and make an independent decision).