There are countless reasons why I wont vote for @tomascol for #sbc22 president, but here's one. He's actively working to undermine many of our entities. Did you know he runs his own unaccredited institute (instituteofpublictheology.org/about/)? Why does that matter? A short thread:
Its not that its unaccredited. I could care less (though its an easy way to avoid accountability). It matters because they are in direct competition with our 6 SBC seminaries. Why should anyone care?
Tom has every right to run whatever training center he wants. But it would be foolish for messengers of #sbc22 to vote for a person to be our next president who is actively opposed to approx 1/2 of our entities.
Tom seems to believe SBC seminaries aren't the best training ground for pastors. 
Tom seems to believe our seminaries require courses that are not relevant to modern-day ministry or Christian living.
It seems Tom doesn't believe women have a role to play in education from behind the lectern.
Do any of these issues make Tom a bad person, or a bad pastor, or a bad Southern Baptist? Of course not. But they do make him a bad candidate to be the next president at #sbc22, as he has demonstrated his lack of trust in our shared educational ministry.
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