... Leaders of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship have encouraged members to question the omniscience of God. In an “Open Theism” workshop at the CBF’s national meeting, liberal theologian Fisher Humphreys of Samford University and Pastor Phil Wise of First Baptist Church of Dothan, Alabama, ridiculed conservative Southern Baptist leaders who believe in the complete foreknowledge of Christ. According to Baptist Press, Humphreys said churches and schools should seriously consider the notion that God is “ignorant of the future.” Citing homosexual Anglican theologian Rowan Williams, Wise said, “Open theism may be the ‘least-worst way’ to understand God’s knowledge." Baptist Press reports most workshop participants seemed willing to embrace the open theist viewpoint during the question-and-answer time.