In the Fall of 2019 FBC Naples was accused of racism for not calling Marcus Hayes as pastor. Examples of those in Platform calling this church out:
Turns out though, many in the church were not racist at all. They actually had an issue with wokeness leanings of Marcus.
But that’s not all check out the clip in the next tweet.
Here Marcus Hayes says same sex attraction is not a sin:
Again, FBC Naples was wrongfully accused of racism by SBC leadership. (To my knowledge no one has repented of the false accusations).
Ok so what. 2019 was an eternity ago. So, what’s it matter today for?
Well several reasons but pay attention:
Marcus Hayes is preaching at the 2022 SBC Pastor’s Conference in Anaheim. This is a slap in the face to the local church of FBC Naples. It also shows no accountability to SBC leadership for making false accusations. #sbc22
Finally:
It is a tacit affirmation by the SBC that Same-Sex Attraction isn’t a big deal. It’s “not a sin”.
All this while advertising Disney Land tickets on the SBC annual meeting website.
Why are southern baptist leaders okay with calling out false examples of racism but not calling out wokeness? Why are we not calling out a man who says SSA is not a sin?
We need men conservative in both conviction AND action or the SBC is done.
The PR push from @TGC, et al is here (check the replies).
What you need to remember about Adams' book:
It's a new attempt at normalizing racial animosity (CRT/I). Less confrontational than Divided by Faith, more appeals to victim status. Dial down anger, dial up empathy.
The gushing about Isaac Adam's Talking About Race book from certain woke & woke-adjacent segments of Twitter looks for all the world like a new girl moved to Woke Evangelical High School & has become the new thing.
These endorsements couldn't be brighter red flags...
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...than if they were literal red flags being waved. Matt Hall, Collin Hansen, etc? You couldn't design a PR campaign to say, "Be Ware!" more thorough than that set of screen shots above.
But then check out the promo pieces that highlight the book's content.
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Darius helps the reader (a) assume w/o question that the church is racist or significantly filled with racist elements. Why? Who knows. Just know. And agree.
He needs to be encouraged he can't necessarily make the (arbitrarily assumed) racists see it, only God can.