Thread by @BozT

My thoughts on the #SBC: In 2019, I spoke at the Caring Well Conference. I reluctantly agreed to attend this event because I continued to hold out an iota of hope that the #SBC might finally make the necessary choices to acknowledge it’s wretched history of sexual abuse, 1/5

grieve over it, investigate every last bit of it, create a public database of offenders within the denomination, and begin the hard work of changing its very DNA to become the safest community for vulnerable people and the least safe for those who abuse. 2/5

Here we are almost two years later and not much has changed. Many within the denomination continue to minimize past & present abuse, there have been no #SBC initiated investigations, still no database, & men like Paige Patterson & Ronnie Floyd seem more emboldened than ever. 3/5

I say this with a heavy heart - It’s time to move on from the #SBC. It’s a dying denomination that looks less & less like Jesus & has no interest in genuine change. We can only run into the #SBC brick wall so many times & with each time we only hurt ourselves, not the wall. 4/5

Maybe one day after countless SBC churches have been sued and the denomination finds itself embroiled in these countless & costly lawsuits will what’s left of the SBC finally humble itself and begin the hard work of transformation. As for me, my hope of such a day has passed. 5/5