On the first official day of the 2022 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Anaheim, pastors and church members from all over the United States who spent thousands of dollars to travel to Southern California were greeted with a jolting reminder: Rick Warren and his army of church growth drones
Southern Baptist messengers from all over the country are gathering in Anaheim this week for the 2022 Annual Meeting. Much has happened since James Merritt reminded us that “the world is watching” and played the gospel card at last year’s meeting. Here’s a quick recap: Moore Departs Leading up to
Pastor Tom Buck released a statement in response to Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary exonerating themselves for the leak of Jennifer Buck’s rough draft and subsequent attempt to blackmail Buck into silence. The statement was released on Buck’s behalf by journalist Janet Mefferd, and offered corrections that included the following: Contrary
At the 2021 SBC Annual Meeting, the messengers passed a motion empaneling a Sex Abuse Task Force (SATF) to investigate the Executive Committee (EC) of the Southern Baptist Convention to determine whether EC members had committed abuse, mishandled allegations of abuse, or mistreated abuse victims between January 2000 and June
On Friday, soon-to-be SBC presidential candidate Bart Barber posted a 25-tweet thread on why he doesn’t carry a concealed firearm, yet owns a “large number of guns,” yet frequently comes across situations where he wished he was armed but left his guns at home (four in the last two weeks),
Our good friend, brother in Christ, and founder of Pulpit & Pen and Protestia was pulled over by police on the night of Wednesday, May 11th, 2022 and charged with DUI and carrying a concealed weapon while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. As many will read this after
One of the magical things about social media (especially Twitter) is how easily it can reveal the underlying beliefs of those who use it. Enter SBC presidential candidate Bart Barber – a self-described Twitter addict – who has mastered (or so he thinks) the art of dog-whistling to the progressive
Ed Litton is nothing if not an innovator. He broke new ground in giving up power and privilege by only serving one year as SBC president (the tradition is two). He pioneered applying modern environmentalism to the pulpit, where his “Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle” method of sermon preparation showed pastors
Have you ever watched a football game where one team seems to have not played well in the first half, only to find out that they actually held back and spent the first half figuring out the other team’s strategy? This is such an instance. Behold, the 4D Chess brought
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