The most surprising moment in Tuesday’s debate over motions (not related to adoption of the abuse-related recommendations) was the appearance of Rick Warren at a floor microphone. The founding and soon retiring pastor of Saddleback Church, 38 miles from the Anaheim convention center, showed up to address a motion about the role of women in […]
Barber elected SBC president
Texas pastor Bart Barber was elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention in a runoff Tuesday evening, defeating three other candidates. He met Florida pastor Tom Ascol, head of the Founders ministry in the runoff. Barber took 60.87% of the votes case in the runoff, and Ascol received 38.88%. At the time, 8,098 messengers were […]
Illinois responds as SBC adopts abuse prevention reforms
With upraised ballots by an estimated 90% of messengers present on Tuesday afternoon, the Southern Baptist Convention accepted the recommendations to minister to abuse survivors and establish procedures in the convention to prevent perpetrators from moving from one church position to another. “I hope history shows survivors seeing ballots being raised and saying, ‘That’s me […]
Litton calls abuse SBC’s ‘gut punch’
“I believe this is a ‘come to Jesus’ moment for us as Southern Baptists, outgoing SBC President Ed Litton told more than 7,500 messengers in the opening session of the 2022 Annual Meeting. Messengers came to the convention center across the street from Disneyland to act on recommendations from the specially appointed Sexual Abuse Task […]
Notable changing of the guard at SBC Executive Committee
No sooner was the vote announced than the questions began: Does this represent a changing of the guard at the SBC Executive Committee? One reporter posed a question about a generational shift, which the new chairman artfully dodged, but it’s a valid point. The new chair of the SBC Executive Committee is 38. The vice-chair […]
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