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If the words "purity culture" came out of Bart Barbers mouth I will yeet myself in to the sun lol š #ChurchToo #SBCtoo #SBC23
I'm actually interested in this though because some moderate/conserv Christian spaces have started being like "we are NOT promoting purity culture, we're just teaching the biblical view that sex is for marriage between a cishet man & cishet woman" which is, ahem, purity culture
But if others are actively and gladly accepting the banner of "purity culture" by name, my innate morbid curiosity really wants to look at more of that. Similar to The G*spel C*alition saying a while back they want to promote a "positive culture of purity" which is almost that
It's a very valid feeling to feel lost in the Christian world looking at the harm in just about every denomination or group.
Beware of those who think that their group is instantly safe/inherently better.
Beware of those who think that their group is instantly safe/inherently better.
But I also think there are healthy people and healthy versions of every kind of Christianity there is. Genuine advocates who take a strong stand against abuse, for example.
Sometimes what we need is a community of people we know we can trust & walk with.
Sometimes what we need is a community of people we know we can trust & walk with.
I do believe that it is God's work exposing sin in the church. Those who attack whistle blowers are resisting the conviction of God.
I've seen a lot of #acnatoo #sbctoo #pcatoo & #churchtoo on Christian Twitter & have been encouraged by every kind of Christian who's speaking up.
I've seen a lot of #acnatoo #sbctoo #pcatoo & #churchtoo on Christian Twitter & have been encouraged by every kind of Christian who's speaking up.
"Responsibility, compliance, accountability & transparency...These are principles that ANY church institution...is bound to uphold." - @hans_zollner on resigning from Pope's clergy abuse commission
This is what integrity looks like. 1/ #RCCAbuse #SBCtoo ncronline.org/vatican/vaticaā¦]
This is what integrity looks like. 1/ #RCCAbuse #SBCtoo ncronline.org/vatican/vaticaā¦]
2/ Previously, abuse survivor Marie Collins resigned from the commission, saying "the body was under-resourced & faced fierce resistance within high echelons of the church."
Sound familiar? #SBCtoo #RCCAbuse #ChurchToo yahoo.com/lifestyle/key-ā¦
Sound familiar? #SBCtoo #RCCAbuse #ChurchToo yahoo.com/lifestyle/key-ā¦
3/ Here's the whole of the resignation letter by @hans_zollner. There are lessons to be gleaned. "The protection of children & vulnerable persons must be at the heart..." #ChurchToo #SBCtoo #RCCAbuse
š§µš§µFor years, Jared Woodfill has led extreme anti-gay campaigns in Texas, comparing LGBTQ people to child molesters.
And for years, he's known of child sex abuse claims against his longtime law partner and Southern Baptist leader Paul Pressler.
texastribune.org/2023/03/27/houā¦
And for years, he's known of child sex abuse claims against his longtime law partner and Southern Baptist leader Paul Pressler.
texastribune.org/2023/03/27/houā¦
Under oath last month, Woodfill said he was told in 2004 that Pressler sexually abused a minor - claims that were made during mediation of an assault lawsuit against Pressler that Woodfill quietly settled for $450,000.
texastribune.org/2023/03/27/houā¦
texastribune.org/2023/03/27/houā¦
Despite that, Woodfill denied any knowledge of Pressler's behavior in 2016, when a young attorney told him Pressler told him "lewd stories" about being naked with men before inviting him to skinny-dip.
texastribune.org/2023/03/27/houā¦
texastribune.org/2023/03/27/houā¦
Since I am one of the other two on this text thread, and I was a part of this entire text conversation, as well as other group conversations, I would like to speak to this. First off, context matters. This screenshot is a small blip...
of multiple, very long conversations. I would like to believe this is a big misunderstanding rather than a blatant effort to disseminate false information in order to support a certain narrative. That being said, I have tried to handle this privately to no avail but am very...
concerned now that false information has been shared as truth by Baptist News Global.
This hurts my heart more than anyone can imagine, to have to address this in this way, but it is of the upmost importance to me that survivors are armed with the whole truth.
When the...
This hurts my heart more than anyone can imagine, to have to address this in this way, but it is of the upmost importance to me that survivors are armed with the whole truth.
When the...
Dear @SBCExecComm: When you meet next week, how about speaking directly & transparently to these 5 questions & requests? All are within your power. š§µ1/7 #SBCtoo #SBCreckoning #ThisistheSBC @williemclaurin
Iām named dozens of times in Guidepostās report. Awful conduct by YOU the @SBCExecComm & your members. YOU did me harm ā separate & beyond harm of sexual abuse. Do you intend to make any effort toward making amends for YOUR harms? 2/7
What about accountability for Morris Chapman? If heād done what messengers directed in 2007 ā a legit database study ā countless kids could have been spared great harm. Consequence? How about just stripping him of honorary EC President Emeritus title? 3/7
In this exceptional piece, @sarahposner pulls together a lot of pieces to show how the SBC got to this place of merging religion & Trumpism and what it's meant for their abysmal response on sexual abuse.
I'm proud to be quoted in it... 1/4 #ThisistheSBC thenation.com/article/societā¦
I'm proud to be quoted in it... 1/4 #ThisistheSBC thenation.com/article/societā¦
2/ When Brown saw SBC leaders "giving support to a president who bragged about assaulting women," she said "it felt like dĆ©jĆ vu. Their minimization of horrific conduct was a pattern that we had already seen up close." #SBCtoo
3/ "They normalized & minimized the sexual predations of a president in much the same way that they normalized & minimized the sexual predations of their clergy colleagues." - me
#ThisistheSBC #SBCtoo
#ThisistheSBC #SBCtoo
Hallelujah. Three times, I've publicly called for a federal investigation of the SBC & clergy sex abuse. 2018. 2021. 2022.
Finally. This is what's needed. I'm thrilled.
Here's the history &, in the articles, the why it's important. 1/4
#SBCTruthandJustice #SBCtoo
Finally. This is what's needed. I'm thrilled.
Here's the history &, in the articles, the why it's important. 1/4
#SBCTruthandJustice #SBCtoo
2/ In 2021, I publicly called for a federal investigation of the SBC & clergy sex abuse, after its response to the #AbuseofFaith series was so appallingly anemic.
#SBCTruthandJustice #SBCtoo
religionnews.com/2021/05/20/jusā¦
#SBCTruthandJustice #SBCtoo
religionnews.com/2021/05/20/jusā¦
3/ In 2022, immediately after Anaheim, I again called for a federal investigation (along with state attorney general investigations) because I was devastated by how alarmingly little was done in response to the Guidepost report. #SBCTruthandJustice #SBCtoo baptistnews.com/article/progreā¦
#BREAKING The Department of Justice is investigating the Southern Baptist Convention over its handling of sex abuses, months after a third-party report that was prompted by 2019 reporting by the @HoustonChron
Story via me @John_Tedesco #SBCtoo #ChurchToo
houstonchronicle.com/news/investigaā¦
Story via me @John_Tedesco #SBCtoo #ChurchToo
houstonchronicle.com/news/investigaā¦
@HoustonChron @John_Tedesco The DOJ investigation follows a bombshell report from May, in which a third-party found that top SBC officials had for two decades intimidated abuse survivors and fought reforms that they privately said would help - but could cost $$ in lawsuits #SBCtoo
houstonchronicle.com/news/investigaā¦
houstonchronicle.com/news/investigaā¦
That report was prompted by Abuse of Faith, a 2019 investigation by @HoustonChron & @ExpressNews that detailed hundreds of criminal convictions by Southern Baptist pastors + decades of inaction by top leaders
They left behind more than 700 victims #SBCtoo
houstonchronicle.com/news/investigaā¦
They left behind more than 700 victims #SBCtoo
houstonchronicle.com/news/investigaā¦
A thread Iāve been sitting on for months.
I believe a personās abuse story is theirs to tell. But some victims of abuse are no longer with us to share theirs.
This is one of those stories:
There was a POC (letās call him āJoeā) who was a member at our former church. 1/
I believe a personās abuse story is theirs to tell. But some victims of abuse are no longer with us to share theirs.
This is one of those stories:
There was a POC (letās call him āJoeā) who was a member at our former church. 1/
It may be important to state that there were very few POC at our church & they were some of the only ones who voted ānoā on excommunicating us). 2/
Joe was mentally ill & could at times be awkward interpersonally.
Lead pastor once scolded my husband & other elders saying āyou spend too much time with Joe. He canāt be too dependent on you.ā 3/
Lead pastor once scolded my husband & other elders saying āyou spend too much time with Joe. He canāt be too dependent on you.ā 3/
šNEW story from me:
Evangelist @Franklin_Graham pushed a domestic abuse victim to return to her husband.
He asked whether she was cheating on her husband.
āIt was a good question to ask,ā Graham told me. āI wouldāve asked it again.ā
washingtonpost.com/religion/2022/ā¦
Evangelist @Franklin_Graham pushed a domestic abuse victim to return to her husband.
He asked whether she was cheating on her husband.
āIt was a good question to ask,ā Graham told me. āI wouldāve asked it again.ā
washingtonpost.com/religion/2022/ā¦
I have been following @naghmehspanahi for a long time, watching how she once vigorously fought for her then-husband's release from an Iranian prison.
When she disclosed allegations of her abuse, I wanted to know--how was she treated behind doors by religious leaders?
When she disclosed allegations of her abuse, I wanted to know--how was she treated behind doors by religious leaders?
Evangelicals have been having a reckoning around abuse.
I once asked major Southern Baptist leader Paige Patterson about his advice to persuade an abused woman to go back to her husband. Like Graham, he said he would do it again:
washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-fā¦
#churchtoo #sbctoo
I once asked major Southern Baptist leader Paige Patterson about his advice to persuade an abused woman to go back to her husband. Like Graham, he said he would do it again:
washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-fā¦
#churchtoo #sbctoo
I would like to say something to evangelical Christians who have platforms.
Be brave. Have courage. Speak up.
It is all too easy, once we have platforms, to put our effort into maintaining those platforms.
They took time to build! Often our livelihood depends on them.
Be brave. Have courage. Speak up.
It is all too easy, once we have platforms, to put our effort into maintaining those platforms.
They took time to build! Often our livelihood depends on them.
And the evangelical world is a small one. If we want endorsements for our books; invitations to conferences; speaking opportunities--then we can't afford to tick people off.
We need to keep everyone happy so that we can keep what we have.
We need to keep everyone happy so that we can keep what we have.
When one of our colleagues or friends with a platform does something wrong--teaches something harmful; ignores abuse; or even perpetrates abuse--we stay silent.
We may speak up "behind the scenes", telling ourselves, "this is the kingdom way." But that's it.
We may speak up "behind the scenes", telling ourselves, "this is the kingdom way." But that's it.
I don't think Jeffrey Epstein has shit on the Southern Baptist Convention who have admitted to 703 abusers in their network of 47,000 churches.
How many more?
What would Mike Pompeo do to protect the SBC?
#SBCToo
#CNPToo
#PizaGate
#JusticeForJamal
How many more?
What would Mike Pompeo do to protect the SBC?
#SBCToo
#CNPToo
#PizaGate
#JusticeForJamal
His base of Southern Baptist Convention child sex traffickers.
James Woolsey was in Turkey lobbying for the Southern Baptist Convention. Manafort chose Mike Pence so Moscow could get access to Rod D. Martin's databases.
Lot of leverage to encourage a coup attempt, eh @Mike_Pence?
#TheNRAIsATerroristOrganization
#KochNetwork
#SBCToo
Lot of leverage to encourage a coup attempt, eh @Mike_Pence?
#TheNRAIsATerroristOrganization
#KochNetwork
#SBCToo
Rod D. Martin - Peter Thiel
ZikLag
Southern Baptist Convention - Council for National Policy
Palantir
703 abusers named. How many not reported?
How many victims? Do monsters like trophies?
What's in the databases?
#TheNRAIsATerroristOrganization
#KochNetwork
#SBCToo
ZikLag
Southern Baptist Convention - Council for National Policy
Palantir
703 abusers named. How many not reported?
How many victims? Do monsters like trophies?
What's in the databases?
#TheNRAIsATerroristOrganization
#KochNetwork
#SBCToo
What's in the Council for National Policy databases?
#TheNRAIsATerroristOrganization
#KochNetwork
#SBCToo
#TheNRAIsATerroristOrganization
#KochNetwork
#SBCToo
Reading the SATF report of the SBC has surfaced many emotions.
(1) God bless the bravery & courage of every survivor - yāall paved a way for many others hiding in the shadows to come forward, and finally be believed.
(2) The facts in this report canāt be blamed on CRT.
(1) God bless the bravery & courage of every survivor - yāall paved a way for many others hiding in the shadows to come forward, and finally be believed.
(2) The facts in this report canāt be blamed on CRT.
(3) Much of the anti-CRT, anti wokeism & liberal drift language got momentum when stories of abuse via #SBCtoo started gaining traction.
(4) Now that the SAFT report is out, the shift away from all the antiās in (3) have been replaced by pietist statements per sexual abuse
(4) Now that the SAFT report is out, the shift away from all the antiās in (3) have been replaced by pietist statements per sexual abuse
(5) There will be more stories abuse that will come out as more survivors begin sharing their abuse. May they be loved and walked with on the path of healing
(6) Our human heroes of the faith are still human
(7) Our blind spots are best pointed out by others
(6) Our human heroes of the faith are still human
(7) Our blind spots are best pointed out by others
TW // Sexual Abuse, church trauma
Thereās a certain way that some activists and leaders in the #SBCtoo and #churchtoo circles have responded the Guidepost report that ultimately reinforces patricarchical white supremacy and ignores many victims.
Thereās a certain way that some activists and leaders in the #SBCtoo and #churchtoo circles have responded the Guidepost report that ultimately reinforces patricarchical white supremacy and ignores many victims.
Itās often said the patriarchy harms everyone, including the men who benefit from it. Many boys and men who have been sexually abused in churches often donāt feel safe to come forward precisely because of the way patriarchy manifests.
Take the convergence of patriarchy and homophobia. We are trained to hate LGBTQIA people in white Christian spaces. Some men just straight up donāt come forward because theyāre afraid of being labeled as gay, or that they tempted some pastor into āhomosexual sins.ā
What you are going to see in the next few months is people in #SBC leadership that will want to pretend that Johnny Huntās resignation is sufficient. It is not. Through NAMB, he was given a position of power, ample opportunity, with staff that likely knew about the 2010 incident
Many of those people likely profit from @NAMB_SBC. How many have books handed out by NAMB, podcasts sponsored by NAMB, speaking engagements through NAMB, ambassador checks from NAMB, free use of houses owned by NAMB, their church planting bankrolled by NAMB?
How many have their own personal companies that have contracts with @NAMB_SBC? How many owe their current position to Hunt or NAMBs leadership? Remember Pittmanās church was primarily funded by Hunt when it was a plant.
A book worthy lament of 1990-2020, is the number of black men who were encouraged to turn their backs on the black church and black women for the ābetter, expository preached, Reformed gospelā & āracial reconciliationā only to find out that evnglclsm was theologically bankrupt.
So many brothers are (1) walking around deeply wounded, (2) no longer in ministry at all, (3) needed to āleave loudā as a way of healing, (4) feel betrayed, (5) feel like they wasted their best years, (6) etc.
The theological bankruptcy was exposed between Michael Brownās death & the end of Trumpās presidency. It led to a mass exodus of many potential history-changing leaders. The #SBCtoo sex abuse news exposes even more bankruptcy. They thought Reformed Hip Hop would lead to revival.
Okay, so the report on abuse in the #SBC is out now.
What the fuck is this supposed to do?
Yeah, there are eyes on the org now, but eyes have been on the Catholic church for the same thing for, what, 50 years? How many got real justice there? #churchtoo
What the fuck is this supposed to do?
Yeah, there are eyes on the org now, but eyes have been on the Catholic church for the same thing for, what, 50 years? How many got real justice there? #churchtoo
My real fear is that itās just going to make these predators more dangerous cause theyāll be more afraid of getting caught. My fear is that instead of survivors, weāll see actual corpses in the pews. #SBCtoo #churchtoo
And what about people like me, who couldnāt even admit they were abused until almost two decades after the fact, and has no concrete evidence to get justice in a court?
What the fuck are we supposed to do? #SBCtoo #churchtoo
What the fuck are we supposed to do? #SBCtoo #churchtoo
#BREAKING An explosive 400pg investigation finds Southern Baptist leaders silenced/disparaged abuse survivors, ignored calls for policies & dismissed reforms that might cost the SBC money in lawsuits. #SBCtoo
Much more to come in thread below:
houstonchronicle.com/news/investigaā¦
Much more to come in thread below:
houstonchronicle.com/news/investigaā¦
The historic report details how a small, insular and influential group of leaders āsingularly focused on avoiding liability for the SBC to the exclusion of other" abuse preventions #SBCtoo #churchtoo
Some leaders also kept a private database of offenders
houstonchronicle.com/news/investigaā¦
Some leaders also kept a private database of offenders
houstonchronicle.com/news/investigaā¦
BIG NEWS: A former president of the Southern Baptist Convention is accused of sexually assaulting a woman, weeks after his tenure as the faith group's leader ended. he allegations are included in a historic review of SBC leaders abuse responses #SBCtoo
houstonchronicle.com/news/investigaā¦
houstonchronicle.com/news/investigaā¦
š§µ In a ruling experts say will give sexual abuse survivors more power to sue attackers, the Texas Supreme Court allowed a lawsuit to go forward regarding a Houston man who alleges he was raped by a prominent Southern Baptist leader and former Texas judge. houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-tā¦
2/ In 2017, Duane Rollins sued Duane Pressler, claiming the longtime conservative political and religious leader first began to molest him when Rollins was a member of his youth group at various Houston churches in the early 80s. houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-tā¦
3/ Pressler and his lawyers denied the allegations and moved to have the case thrown out of court, arguing that Rollins had filed his claims too late.
At issue is Texasā civil statute of limitations, the time period that victims have to file a lawsuit. houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-tā¦
At issue is Texasā civil statute of limitations, the time period that victims have to file a lawsuit. houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-tā¦
NEW: Texas Supreme Court has sided w/ a man claiming decades of rapes by Southern Baptist & GOP figure Paul Pressler. #SBCtoo
It is "massive and important" because it gives other abuse survivors significantly more rights in Texas, said @R_Denhollander
houstonchronicle.com/home/article/Tā¦
It is "massive and important" because it gives other abuse survivors significantly more rights in Texas, said @R_Denhollander
houstonchronicle.com/home/article/Tā¦
@R_Denhollander 1/ Pressler's accuser Duane Rollins says he used drugs/alcohol to suppress memories. In 2016, a prison psych agreed and said he had PTSD from child trauma. Rollins sued. Three other men filed affidavits alleging similar misconduct. But Rollins' suit was dismissed on SOL grounds.
@R_Denhollander 2/ Rollins sued with a new firm, Houston's powerful Baker Botts. His attys said the psych report + Rollins' "unsound mind" meant it was impossible for Rollins to file his lawsuit inside Texas' window for abuse lawsuits. They said his window shouldve started when he had his outcry
Some thoughts on this.
1. @johnmacarthur shouldn't have to pull out. He should have been thrown out by @Ligonier days ago.
2. Anyone who seriously thinks Lig is going to touch MacArthur is delusional. Lig and Mac are tight and have been for years.
1. @johnmacarthur shouldn't have to pull out. He should have been thrown out by @Ligonier days ago.
2. Anyone who seriously thinks Lig is going to touch MacArthur is delusional. Lig and Mac are tight and have been for years.
3. Not only are Ligon and John tight as friends, but their business models are also intertwined as well. Ligonier advertises at #ShepCon & vice versa...."A rising tide lifts all boats." Many of the fanatical "Mac"olytes move freely between the 2 & buy resources from both.
4. The real issue here is a culture, unfortunately NOT specific to John/@GraceComChurch, is that John (or another elder) is the king of an religious business empire where nobody holds him actually accountable. Same with @Phil_Johnson_. @ModernDayZorro has several examples.
When my pastor wanted service of my body & I balked, he chastised me: "Where would we all be if Mary hadn't trusted God even when her special role was something she couldn't understand?"
As a faith-filled young girl, I pondered that a lot. 1/5
As a faith-filled young girl, I pondered that a lot. 1/5
Pastor said I too was "chosen" for a special role & I needed to "live by faith." So, like Mary, I too said "according to God's will."
It was incomprehensible but I trusted God knew best & I trusted the pastor as God's emissary. So, I answered the call of God & complied. 2/5
It was incomprehensible but I trusted God knew best & I trusted the pastor as God's emissary. So, I answered the call of God & complied. 2/5
It was an impossible bind for a faith-filled kid raised to "lean not to thine own understanding." How could I say No to God?
This is the horror of a pastor-predator. He will twist EVERYTHING holy, even the #Christmas story, into a weapon for his unholy ends of child rape. 3/5
This is the horror of a pastor-predator. He will twist EVERYTHING holy, even the #Christmas story, into a weapon for his unholy ends of child rape. 3/5
