Ex-Southern Baptist leader expecting no great reforms

MINNEAPOLIS — Former Southern Baptist Convention President Frank Page said he doesn’t expect much to result from the work of advisers to the White House’s office dealing with faith-based and community groups.

"I believe that the policy recommendations that will come forth will be relatively innocuous, good, helpful,” said Page, a member of the panel, at the recent annual meeting of the Religion Newswriters Association. He expects results to be not much more than "low-hanging fruit.”

"There will be good things, but nothing of great substance.”

While Page has publicly disagreed with President Barack Obama on some issues, notably abortion, he nonetheless praised the president for his "responsible fatherhood” and poverty initiatives, as well as his commitment not to fund abortion under his proposed health care reforms.

The South Carolina pastor called himself the "resident fundamentalist” on the 25-member advisory panel that includes Christians, Jews, Muslims and a Hindu as well as representatives of secular organizations.

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