Thread by @AdamGreenway

I have followed the issues surrounding the @SBCExecComm w/great interest. Given my role as @SWBTS president, I have refrained from commenting publicly b/c I think those in @SBCCP roles like mine should be very careful to opine on matters not directly related to our entities. 1/

But after today’s special @SBCExecComm meeting, I am seeing increasing calls for @SBCCP defunding, and that both grieves and alarms me b/c of unintended consequences. I certainly understand the frustration of the #SBC21 messengers’ will being repeatedly delayed or disregarded. 2/

To use the line from @CollegeGameDay, the @SBCExecComm had “one job” coming out of #SBC21: to figure out a way to do what the messengers said they wanted done the way the messengers said they wanted it done. Messengers decided not to “trust” the EC but to “direct” it, period. 3/

Now here we are, 100+ days later, w/out a successful resolution and w/what can only be described as embarrassing displays by the @SBCExecComm in meetings before the watching eyes of SBC’ers and more. From my vantage point, the present situation is inexcusable and unacceptable. 4/

The #SBC21 motion specifically included language related to having the @SBCExecComm waive attorney-client privilege (ACP) in order to facilitate the work of the task force and the third-party. The issue is not about WHETHER ACP should be waived, but only HOW best to do it. 5/

I am not an attorney, but I have spent a lot of time and money on some very good ones in my 2.5 years as @SWBTS president. Attorneys are paid to give you the advice you need in order to make the best case for what you want to either accomplish or prevent. That’s what they do. 6/

So let’s push rewind for a moment back to last Tuesday afternoon’s @SBCExecComm plenary session. It devolved into a committee of the whole, trying to hash out language and craft a proposal on the fly and on the floor. It was a colossal failure of leadership, plain and simple. 7/

The result: a 7 day waiting period of negotiation b/t @SBCExecComm officers and the Task Force, which ultimately resulted in today’s meeting: nearly 5 hours of time spent to ultimately decide to ask for 7 more days to try to figure out something that will work for everyone. 8/

This whole debacle has been painful to watch for many reasons. I know @SBCExecComm members voting on opposite sides. Both groups include friends who want to do the right thing the right way, but are a mixture of scared/confused/uncertain as to what that actually looks like. 9/

I honestly feel for @pastorrolland. He’s a good brother who is trying to do what is right. But he’s been put in an impossible situation at present, and the @SBCExecComm is now not only harming itself, it’s hurting all @SBCCP entities w/defunding calls growing by the moment. 10/

I take no joy in typing these words tonight. As a dyed-in-the-wool SBC’er, I’m committed to our identity wrapped around the BFM and @SBCCP. But so much of that is now in jeopardy. It is clear to me that the way forward will require both hard choices and difficult decisions. 11/

I believe there is a crisis of confidence facing the @SBCExecComm right now. There must be a path that will clearly and unambiguously fulfill the direction of the messengers. But it seems something must give. No more deferrals/delays. Let’s get this right and get it done. 12/end