The fight over Identity Politics in the Southern Baptist Convention hit a new low Sunday when Dr. Daniel Akin accused conservative critics as forming a Theological Gestapo. The attack came as Dr. Akin, president of the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, delivered the Sunday sermon at First Baptist Church of Durham. Akin hoped to use the sermon to call for unity to advance the Gospel.
However, Akin increased tension within the Southern Baptist Convention by his use of Gestapo rhetoric. The Gestapo was the Nazi-era German secret police run by anti-Semites. Akin was not specific in calling any names as members of the Theological Gestapo.