Thread by @ChristaBrown777

🧵re @toddbenkert motion at #SBC21. It's referred to @ERLC. Todd shared this strategy with me in advance. Yes, I'm wary of ERLC, no getting around it. You know me. Long history has dug a deep well of skepticism. Still...This is something substantive & real. It's earnest effort...

https://twitter.com/toddbenkert/status/1405158820125491205

...that holds POTENTIAL to bring #SBC institutional reform, accountability for abusers & enablers, and true care for survivors. The word POTENTIAL is critical. THIS IS A BEGINNING, NOT AN END. There will be many possibilities for derailment. SBCers: You must persist. #SBC21

Concerns & possible stumbling points: 1) Sooo much will depend on WHO @ERLC hires for the audit. GRACE has strong track-record of trust in survivor community. 2) Funding may be a HUGE issue. 3) Aim of this 3-yr audit is broad-spectrum data & analysis.
#SBC21

Audit is not set up to provide accountability/naming of #SBC clergy abusers & enablers (It doesn't create a database). Nor does it provide any tangible assistance for #SBCtoo survivors. Conceivably these things could be part of recommendations in a final report 3 yrs later.

4) Even 3 yrs down-the-road, what we'll get from audit is just recommendations. But heaps of additional data may create powerful pressure for #SBC to adopt those recommendations. SBCers: YOU MUST PERSIST. We #SBCtoo survivors are weary & this still asks a lot from us. #SBC21

5) #SBCtoo survivors are being asked to share their profoundly traumatic stories into an audit, which is not designed to provide them any assistance or even name their abusers, for the sake of maybe...maybe...helping #SBC act responsibly sometime down-the-road. #SBC21

This asks a heckuva lot from #SBCtoo survivors. Note however that the audit will also receive reports from witnesses. A study showed that 70% of #SBC pastors KNOW of other ministers who committed sexual abuse. Imagine how much info could be had if only these 70% speak. #SBC21

So yeah, I've got concerns. But change can come incrementally & this audit is something that can legitimately be called "a start." Thank u @toddbenkert for pushing it. Please SBCers, keep on pushing. #SBC is in a deep ditch & you must push hard. #SBCTruthandJustice #SBC21