- former trustee of the Christian Life Commission (now Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission), the Southern Baptist Convention's moral-watchdog agency
- former trustee chair of the SBC's Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C.
- former president of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina
- retired pastor
- former state legislator (1984-1992) and county commissioner
- strong opponent of liquor, gambling and illegal immigration
- president of the Christian Action league, which lobbies legislators to consider a Christian perspective in pending legislation
- former member of the National Consultation on Pornography
What would the world be, once bereft of wet and wildness?
Let them be left, O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.
-- Gerard Manley Hopkins
Thursday, July 26, 2007
The man doth protest too much, methinks
Coy Privette, one of the most outspoken Christian opponents of immorality, has been arrested on prostitution-related charges in North Carolina. Mr. Privette has the distinction of the following titles and positions: