Thread by @RobDownenChron

The Southern Baptist Convention is officially underway.

Follow this thread for updates on what is sure to be an absolutely wild day. #SBC21 #SBC2021 #SBC

Final messenger registration count is above 13K.

First motion calls to replace the time honoring of SBC presidents with a prayer for unity.

It's met with a round of applause. #SBC21 #SBC2021 #SBCtoo #SBC

Second guy at mic is just talking about how some Evangelical churches say they're SBC but don't have Baptist in their name.... i think?

Anyways, SBC President and The Summit Church Pastor JD Greear has ruled him out of order. #SBC21 #SBC2021 #SBCtoo

First motion about a time for unity prayers to replace honoring ceremony has passed, meaning Paige Patterson will not be honored on stage at this convention. #SBC21 #SBC2021 #SBCtoo #SBC

Someone near Mic 3 got Drakkar Noir for Christmas and wants every person to know it. #SBC21 #SBC22

ITS MOTIONNNNNNN TIME

We begin with a request for an inquiry into whether there is an "inherent conflict of interest" in the Executive Committee being represented by the same counsel as the Convention. #SBC21 #SBC2021 #SBCtoo #SBC

Tom Ascol now at the mic. Moves that th SBC rescind its 2019 resolution on critical race theory.

Loud applause. #SBC21 #SBC2021 #SBC

Now Jared Longshore is at the mic. He wants the newly elected SBC president to appoint a task force, which would appoint a third party (of SBC pastors) to investigate the leak of Russell Moore's letter. #SBC21 #SBC2021 #SBC #SBCtoo

A messenger in front of me notes that a third party of Southern Baptist pastors is not exactly a third party. #SBC21 #SBC2021 #SBC #SBCtoo

Now Grant Gaines at the mic with @freedomsbride, calling for a third party review/investigation into "any allegations of abuse, mishandling of abuse." #SBC21 #SBCtoo #SBC2021 #SBC

Here's a draft of the motion they released yesterday.

Loud applause.

https://twitter.com/ronniep/status/1404530232447619072?s=20

and now, we're 15 minutes into a discussion about if and when a discussion can be proposed for discussion discussion debate motion introduction of motions motions merely a time per the bylaws scheduled theoretically could be extended and where is my flask #sbc21 #sbc2021 #sbctoo

Luckily we're going to sort this out the easy way with 14 thousand paper ballots. #SBC21 #SBC2021 #SBC

NO JOKE: Discussion over a motion that was asking to extend the time for the discussion of motions, has taken up all the time allotted for motions.

Greear briefly extends time, however. #SBC21 #SBC20 #SBC

Next motion calling critical race theory Marxism, says it seeks to destroy Christianity. He would like the SBC to distribute materials that explain "true information about the dangers of critical race theory." #SBC21 #SBC20 #SBC

@toddbenkert now at the mic w. a survivor. He wants the ERLC to hire an outside firm to do an audit/assessment of sexual abuse in the SBC.

Participation would be voluntary and so not exhaustive, but would include a final report of recommendations in 2024. #SBC2021 #SBC21 #SBCtoo

@toddbenkert aaaannnddd we're out of introduction of new business.

Now onto the Executive Committee report, via Ronnie Floyd. #SBC21 #SBC2021 #SBC #SBCtoo

@toddbenkert We're now onto the constitutional amendment regarding sexual abuse and racism that was advanced at the 2019 meeting in response to our series.

It passes. #SBC21 #SBC2021 #SBCtoo #SBC