‘Our Lord Isn’t Woke.’ Southern Baptists Clash Over Their Future.

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If true this news would confirm reports about both major political parties facing serious internal divisions and possibly on rebirthing track.
Source of this report on a major GOP base group is WSJ, so exercise caution:


‘Our Lord Isn’t Woke.’ Southern Baptists Clash Over Their Future.

The big evangelical denomination is about to elect a new leader to help set its course after the Trump presidency

June 11, 2021

Evangelical Christians were a regular presence in the Trump White House. They laid hands on the president as they prayed for him, stood at his shoulder as he signed executive orders, and saw vindication for their support in his antiabortion policies and conservative judicial appointments.

Now, the Southern Baptist Convention, the country’s largest and most influential evangelical denomination, is at war over what direction it will take after the Trump presidency.

One faction argues the SBC should step back from its role in electoral politics in order to broaden its reach and reverse a 15-year decline in membership. Another faction says the denomination has been drifting to the left, and the way to retain and attract members is to recommit to its conservative roots and stay politically engaged. Each side accuses the other of straying from the SBC’s core mission.

The internal fissures exploded into public view when Russell Moore, the SBC’s top lobbyist in Washington and a frequent critic of Donald Trump, unexpectedly announced his resignation in May. Last week, letters he wrote criticizing other high-ranking SBC officials over their handling of sex-abuse allegations and attitudes about race became public.

wsj.com/articles/our-lord-isnt-woke-southern-baptists-clash-over-their-future-11623439486

Fully article appears to be behind paywall.



SBC annual meeting is blowing up and it hasn't even started!
Jun 12, 2021
24 Min

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVyEHIDJIhA

One of the various controversial issues being discussed this week by SBC pastors, only sampled few minutes of this lengthy vid:
66 Min

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFs6HMFTD6I





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A New Mexico county official was arrested Sunday after federal authorities said he entered a restricted section of the U.S. Capitol during the deadly pro-Trump incursion and led rioters in prayer.

Couy Griffin, an Otero County commissioner and founder of Cowboys for Trump, was arrested in Washington. D.C., and faces a single charge of knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building without lawful authority, a federal criminal complaint said.

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nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cowboys-trump-founder-arrested-after-allegedly-leading-capitol-rioters-prayer-n1254559


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