Christ Over All

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Many aspects of the SBC are broken, and this article charts a possible route forward into a dawn marked by humble leaders, diligent trustees, and a reorganization.
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“Seeking a Convention That Is Not Southern Baptist In Name Only: How to Regain Trust, Rebuild the Trustee System, and Avoid an Impending Exodus of Vocal Conservatives” – David Schrock
“Southern Baptists warm to alternate moniker ‘Great Commission Baptists’” – Adelle M. Banks
“Under Reconstruction: How the Egalitarian Beachball Wrecks the Household of God” – Christ Over All
“Creeds, Confessions, and Cooperation: The Basis of Our Unity” – Christ Over All
“The Ethics & Religious Liberty Conundrum” – Christ Over All
“More Money Than Men: The NAMB Church Planting Problem” – Michael Clary
“Whoever Holds the Purse Holds the Strings: The Financial Plan that Could End the SBC” – Rhett Burns
“What’s Trusty About SBC Trustees: Does Trustee Training Fix Ailing Entities or Institutionalize Passivity?” – Jon Whitehead
“Why Baptists Must Recover the Order of Love” – Alex Kocman
“One Sacred Effeminacy: The Cooperative Longhouse And the Great Feminization of the SBC” – Doug Ponder
“14 Clint Pressley, David Schrock, and Stephen Wellum: ‘The SBC: A Presidential Perspective with Clint Pressley’” – Christ Over All
“16 Josh Powell, David Schrock, and Stephen Wellum: ‘Getting to Know SBC Presidential Candidate Josh Powell’” – Christ Over All
“17 Willy Rice, David Schrock, and Stephen Wellum: ‘Getting to Know SBC Presidential Candidate Willy Rice’” – Christ Over All
“What Is the Cause of Our Divisions? Social Media and Other Strategies for Effecting Positive Change in the SBC” – David Schrock
“The Attempt to Clarify Resolution 9” – Tom Ascol
“Stewardship of Our SBC Land” – Mark Coppenger
“‘Too Busy with Woke Stuff’: The All Too (In)Visible and Inconsequential ERLC” – Megan Basham
“New Boss, Same as the Old Boss: Michels’ Iron Law of Oligarchy and the SBC” – Joshua Abbotoy
By What Standard? God’s World, God’s Rules – Founders Ministries
How the SBC Got Played – Crosspolitic Studios
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“We Don’t Like Theology, Do We? Three Reflections from the 2021 Southern Baptist Convention” – David Schrock
“The SBC Isn’t Drifting—It’s Being Steered: A Sober-Minded Response to Emotional Sabotage” – Michael Carlino
“Greear Announces Most Diverse Ever Committee on Committees” – Brent Hobbs
“The Great Commission Resurgence Debate” – Trevin Wax
Theme of the Month: Can the Center Hold? The Southern Baptist Convention in the 21st Century
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Books to Read
Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism’s Looming Catastrophe – Voddie Baucham Jr.
Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda– Megan Basham
The Fractured Republic: Renewing America’s Social Contract in an Age of Individualism – Yuval Levin

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Listen in as David Schrock and Stephen Wellum interview SBC Presidential Candidate Willy Rice.
Timestamps
00:51 – Intro
05:08 – Why Willy Rice Has Sought the Presidency of the SBC
06:57 – What Changed Willy Rice’s Perspective
10:07 – Insiders and Outsiders
14:30 – The Breakdown and Regaining of Trust
18:46 – Where are the Places for Communication?
21:51 – What Can the Trustees Be Doing to Help?
25:08 – Willy Rice’s Assessment of the Trustees
29:04 – The Baptist Courier
30:22 – Being Transparent
35:12 – The State of DEI and Resolution 9 in the SBC
43:46 – What Place Does the ERLC Have in the SBC?
46:23 – What Kind of Leaders Do We Need in the SBC?
49:22 – What’s the Receptivity to Willy’s Message
53:23 – Seven Pillars for Baptist Renewal
56:36 – Outro
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Theme of the Month: Can the Center Hold? The Southern Baptist Convention in the 21st Century
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Listen in as David Schrock and Stephen Wellum interview SBC Presidential Candidate Josh Powell.
Timestamps
00:46 – Intro
06:07 – Why Josh Powell Wants to Be SBC President
13:52 – What are Some of the Biggest Things the SBC Has?
16:17 – Concrete Ways of Moving Forward without a Credentials Committee
22:07 – The Issue of Loss of Trust and How to Regain It
26:47 – What Kind of Influence Does Josh Powell Have to Make the SBC Stronger?
30:30 – The Baptist Courier
31:50 – Navigating the Question of Wokeness
39:26 – Confessing Where We Were Wrong
43:00 – What Lessons Can We Learn from The Sex Abuse Task Force
48:44 – Is There a Way for Leaders to Say They Were Wrong on This?
52:15 – What Kind of Leaders Would Best Serve the SBC?
56:07 – The ERLC: It’s Ideal Mission, Identity, and Leadership
59:39 – Where You Can Learn More about Josh Powell
1:01:08 – Outro
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Theme of the Month: Can the Center Hold? The Southern Baptist Convention in the 21st Century
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The Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism is Tearing America Apart – Jeremy Carl

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Listen in as David Schrock interviews both Mark Coppenger and Brad Green on their COA Essays.
Timestamps
00:24 – Intro
06:20 – What are Some Things that are Encouraging about the SBC?
09:32 – Concerns about the SBC
13:07 – Four Different Way to Treat the Environment
19:54 – Coming Away from the Sex Abuse Crisis
23:56 – Believe All Women? Intersectionality at Play
28:24 – Have We Gotten Past Resolution 9?
32:20 – The Baptist Courier
33:53 – What Kind of Leaders Do We Need Going Forward?
40:30 – SBC Ingratiationism
43:40 – Is the Female Pastor Problem Because of Leaders Who are Unwilling to be Disaggreeable?
49:00 – How Do We Faithfully Grow?
53:11 – There is Still a Drift in the SBC
54:50 – SBC Presbyterianism: A ‘Hierarchy’ Within the SBC
1:04:25 – Final Thoughts: What Leaders Do We Need Today?
1:06:38 – Outro
 Resources to Click
“Five Reasons to Be Thankful for the Southern Baptist Convention” – Brad Green
“Stewardship of Our SBC Land” – Mark Coppenger
“The SBC in a Crowded Theater” – Mark Coppenger
“Who’s the Vandal?” – Mark Coppenger
“Alabama fan Harvey Updyke, poisoner of Auburn trees, dead at 71” – Mike Rodak
“Resolution 9 and the Southern Baptist Convention 2019” – Tom Ascol
“The Ethics & Religious Liberty Conundrum” – Christ Over All
“Freedom of Speech” – Norman Rockwell
Theme of the Month: Can the Center Hold? The Southern Baptist Convention in the 21st Century
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Books to Read
What is Critical Theory?: A Concise Christian Analysis – Bradley G. Green

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Join David Schrock and Stephen Wellum as they interview SBC President Clint Pressley on the current state of the SBC.
Timestamps
· 01:00 – Intro
· 05:28 – What is Clint Pressley as SBC President,Doing Throughout the Year?
· 09:14 – What’s Been Some Encouragements andChallenges That He’s Seen?
· 11:25 – Is There a Way for the ERLC to be Usefulto the SBC?
· 12:56 – What Counsel Would Dr. Wellum Give tothe Next President about the ERLC?
· 15:28 – How Is Clint Pressley Thinking about theAbortion Issue?
· 20:15 – What State is Lifeway In?
· 23:18 – The Baptist Courier
· 24:40 – The Executive Committee
· 28:18 – The Law Amendment
· 30:24 – Filling the Credentials Committee
· 32:02 – The Challenges of Cooperating Together
· 34:22 – Do Our Seminaries Teach Good BaptistEcclesiology?
· 37:28 – How Should the SBC Think about Lawsuits?
· 39:21 - Financial Transparency
· 42:03 – Are There Things that Would be Helpful to Update the Convention?
· 46:27 – What Should Someone Be Doing to Help the Convention?
· 47:55 – What are some things Clint Pressley is Praying and Hoping for This Year?
· 48:53 – How Our Theme for COA This Month Can be Helpful
· 50:20 - Outro
 
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· Theme of the Month: Can the Center Hold? The Southern Baptist Convention in the 21st Century
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