Meeting begins with motion from @JaredcWellman. He wants the next SBC president to appoint a task force regarding allegations that EC leaders mishandled abuse cases and resisted reforms.
Wellman also wants the mandate of GuidePost, which was just hired to investigate the allegations, expanded to include any current/former "paid, appointed or elected" EC members.
"There should be no limit to who can be interviewed," Wellman says. #SBC21#SBC2021#SBCtoo
Ronnie Floyd now speaking about division within the SBC, which he says has grieved him.
He is now listing actions/budget items approved by the EC re: sex abuse. #SBCtoo#SBC2021#SBC21
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Litton begins w his story of growing up in a broken home and finding God at 7. He then talks about losing his wife in a car accident 14 years ago. He then married his wife Kathy, whose husband - an SBC pastor - also died in a car accident. #SBC21#SBC2021#SBC#SBCtoo
Litton: We both have a profound sense of pain and suffering in our live that has changed us, and I think changed us for the better. #SBC21#SBC2021#SBC#SBCtoo
Litton: There are 4.5 billion people on this planet who we feel have not heard the good news of Jesus Christ... WE exalt the Gospel above all else... it means we haev to work and iron out our differences. My goal is to build bridges, not walls. #SBC21#SBC2021#SBC#SBCtoo
I didn't hear the exact vote count but it was roughly a 53 to 47 percent vote split. #SBC21#SBC2021#SBC#SBCtoo
"We have finally, after all of these decades, begun to overturn the power structure. The messengers are listening and acting on behalf of Christ," said @ThigpenTiffany, a survivor and advocate whose abuses were mishandled by top SBC leaders. #SBC21#SBC2021#SBC#SBCtoo
Aaaaadddd the SBC presidential election is underway, beginning with HB Charles nominating Al Mohler.
I’ll be here and, believe it or not, will be tweetin #SBC21#SBC2021
Mike Stone has been nominated by Pastor Dean Haun, who praises his years of local church service and work with the SBC exec committee. #SBC21#SBC2021#SBCtoo
Former SBC president Fred Luter now nominating Ed Litton, who Luter says "brings a compassionate and shepharding heart. We need a pastor who has a love for God and God's people." #SBC21#SBC2021#SBCtoo