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Mar 17, 2021 7 tweets 2 min read Read on X
The man who murdered women in a massage parlor yesterday says he was "eliminating temptation" because he had a sex addiction.

He was a baptized member of an SBC church.

Brothers. Pastors. Seminary heads. How you teach sexuality matters. It can be life and death...
How you teach gender roles, and how you talk about women, how you sexualize them as temptations or dangers, matters. It can be life and death.

The way you indirectly blame women for abuse, lust, assault, "temptation", can be life and death.
This is happening in your pulpits, in your seminaries, in your counseling programs. It is in your marriage books, your books on womanhood and manhood, it is in your counseling sessions. It is in your purity books and discussions. It is in your social media.
It is in the way you treated and criticized Beth Moore, Aimee Byrd, Rachel Green Miller. Me. It is in how you defamed Jen Lyell, refused to hear Jules Woodson. It is how Paige Patterson treated Megan and "Jane". It is in how "Jane" was treated by John McArthur.
We have been pleading with you and begging you to see and hear what you are really communicating and the very real dangers it poses to women - the way it enables and minimizes abuse, and even encourages violence in unhinged people who take your positions to extreme conclusions.
But you turn a deaf ear, and further malign the advocates and women raising their voices.

Your words, your teachings, your actions matter. The messages you send and imply and the culture it creates, matters. Real people pay the price.

I am devastated.
(Got derailed by some business meetings. . .cont:) We also have to grapple with the intersection of race here. Minority communities are particularly vulnerable to exploitation and violence, and bear an even higher cost for these types of teachings. It matters. It's dangerous.

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Jul 13
No, we aren't moving on from the Epstein Files. We aren't moving on from trafficking and child rape. And no, @realDonaldTrump, we aren't buying the idea that the files never existed, or were faked by Obama, or whatever new story you come up with.

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We remember "Katie Johnson", who sued you for forcible rape, alleging that when she was 13 years old you and Jeffery Epstein violently assaulted her at four events in Epstein's home in 1994.

We remember "Katie".
We remember Stacey Williams, who alleged you assaulted her in 1993, while Epstein watched.

We remember that in 2017, Epstein himself told journalist Michael Wolffe, that he'd been your closest friend for ten years.
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Jun 20
You know who doesn't get to just "look to the future?" Duane Rollins and Jen Lyell. Because they're dead.

Tiffany Thigpen, and Christa Brown, because the wounds, especially of betrayal, are poured out every day, and again today.

baptistnews.com/article/does-j…
Tiffany and Christa's stories and the cover-up and mistreatment is painstakingly documented, even in audio recordings.

There is no reason, ever, to not simply tell the truth and refute lies.
A conversation I had with a male leader in the SBC is everything:

"Was what I said in that meeting untrue in any way?"

"No, it was true, and I actually agree that it needed to be said."

"Was I disrespectful in my tone or words at all? Something I should do differently?"
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Apr 2
Notable findings from the dismissal of Hunt's lawsuit -

1 – “alleged sexual misconduct involving clergy members and how such matters are handled” are “matters of public concern”. Including the letter sent from the Credentials Committee to a church platforming Hunt.
Meaning, yes, there is a public interest need and benefit in properly communicating allegations of sexual misconduct.
2 – Guidepost and the Executive Committee were neither reckless, nor negligent.

“The undisputed evidence demonstrates that Guidepost actively sought to compile a factually-accurate and complete report."

The Court's words are enough:
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Feb 1
Another precious survivor I've had the privilege of communicating with, who was crushed by MacArthur and Grace Community Church. She won full custody of her children with her abusive ex limited to supervised visitation only. If you know anything about this process, you know...
How rare this is, and how bad it has to be, to get this verdict.

Men of God, does it not concern you at all, that you missed this? That you counseled so dangerously? Do you not want to understand how and why, you could not or would not see?
Do you feel grief at how you trod on this vulnerable woman and her children? Do you feel fear that you might make this mistake again? Have you wondered if she might not be the only one?
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Jan 15
It has been almost six years and counting since several of us who work in this field repeatedly raised concerns to leaders that the lack of clear processes, measurable benchmarks and standards, and appropriate communication strategy, within the Credentials Committee...
Would create serious harm.

The errors noted in the ruling from a few days ago were entirely preventable. They were warned of directly. Sound alternatives were recommended repeatedly.

Model systems used in other entities were recommended.
No less than four attorneys, all of whom have levels of expertise in this field and one of who specializes in the constitutionality of offender registries, repeatedly warned of these risks and urged adoption of clear, measurable policies. All went unheeded.
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I have known some of the people involved in this story and the call for accountability for almost 8 yrs. We assisted them in dynamics that crossed into my current work before my own case. Others I connected with years ago as well.

revivinghopeproject.com
I know conservative Christian therapists in the area who, while tightly protecting confidentiality, have likewise expressed serious concern at what they have seen in their professional sphere, from students coming out of HLS.
The words of those who have spoken out are worth heeding. Read them for yourself.

This is not a political effort (this story has been in the works for around 2 years) and it's not a move to destroy Christianity, Classical Education, or Christian education. In fact...
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