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
@ThigpenTiffany .@R_Denhollander: “Ed Litton's character and positions give me hope that significant positive change is possible for the denomination. I sincerely hope to see strong leadership in addressing corruption and abuse in the year to come” #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
@ThigpenTiffany . @R_Denhollander: “Ed Litton's character and positions give me hope that significant positive change is possible for the denomination. I sincerely hope to see strong leadership in addressing corruption and abuse in the year to come” #SBC21#SBC2021#SBC#SBCtoo
Press conference with Litton starting momentarily.
Begins with Ronnie Floyd: I hear you. The Executive Comm respects the messengers. We need this deliberative process. We know that this will make our convention stronger. #SBC21#SBC2021#SBCtoo#SBC
NOW: Troy Bush, whose church we covered this week, is now speaking. Accuses the executive committee of not even doing the bare minimum when "investigating" a church
"We believe that the executive comm does not have the ability to handle this task force." #SBC21#SBC2021 @SBCtoo
NOW: 15K Southern Baptists will debate/vote on a third-party investigation into whether top leaders sought to suppress abuse survivors/stifle reforms/intimidate leaders like Russ Moore. #SBC2021#SBC21#SBCtoo
It's prolly more important than you think.
Here's why:
Sex abuse has again dominated discussions here, including in yesterdays presidential election. But that was among a variety of issues at hand.
This tho? It will be a huge indicator of how much Southern Baptists are willing to put on the line re: abuse. #SBC2021#SBC21#SBCtoo
Over the last three years, Southern Baptists have shown they're willing to do a lot of things, so long as they are forward-looking. That's great/important.
But true repentance means rectifying wrongs committed, regardless of the toll.
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