Having covered the Catholic Church for 16 years, I know clergy abuse survivors and advocates never stop demanding accountability at the top and that institutions often resist it. I just had the chance at #SBC2022 to ask new prez and VP of the SBC executive committee about it 1/4
I asked @JaredcWellman and @dsons (elected today as prez and VP of the Southern Baptist's administrative body: What will happen with holding people named in the report accountable? Do you think the leaders named should be? 2/4
Wellman said his new position is about carrying out the messengers' wants. "I would defer to how the messengers respond to that. I see this position as an opportunity to serve the will of the messengers, instead of casting any vision I may or may not have." 3/4
The two had been elected an hour or two earlier. @spulliam keep on this question of accountability and will report back to y'all 4/4 #SBC2022

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Jun 15
Matt Martens, a former prosecutor who has an upcoming book on biblical justice and has written about the SBC sex abuse reforms, said the Ascol/Barber race is not conservative v liberal, but between a conservative turn and a more fundamentalist turn 1/x #SBC22 @martensmatt1
“Fundamentalism has a more bunker mentality instinct when it comes with dealing with the outside secular world,” he said. “Do we protect ourselves, our children from worldly influences or are we more engaging with the world in our approach?” 2/x
In fundamentalism it’s more isolationist, distancing from the world and in some ways SBC debates about things like CRT “are proxy for that instinct.” 3/x
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Jun 13
“In the past issues that divided evangelicals, such as speaking in tongues, End Times theology, Calvinism - all of those things have receded, and it’s now these social and political issues that define allegiances" @kkdumez on new bedfellows #SBC2022 1/6 washingtonpost.com/religion/2022/…
I'm going to share a bit of context/backstories on some of the hot-button issues that are in the ether here at the #SBC22. They include comments and measures from the recent past 2/6
Some are angry this '19 measure passed: CRT and intersectionality alone "are insufficient to diagnose and redress the root causes of the social ills that they identify, which result from sin, yet these analytical tools can aid in evaluating a variety of human experiences." 3/6
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Nov 17, 2021
HISTORIANS: The US Catholic bishops absolutely took up this Eucharist document in this way at this time in response to Biden’s election and real concern about that image 1/x
Yes, a revival of Communion has been discussed for several years. But Biden’s election brought urgency and focus. 2/x
There is a clear paper trail, so please don’t gaslight everyone who followed this process in the last two years 3/x
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Oct 15, 2021
THREAD: Since the pandemic began, some clergy have called masks and vaccines an infringement on religious liberty, while other clergy call protections a moral duty. A survey out today shows how complicated the role of religion during the pandemic is 1/10 washingtonpost.com/religion/2021/…
One fascinating thing: According to most regular churchgoers, their clergy “didn’t say much about the vaccine either way.” Among clergy who did say something, the vast majority (39 pct) encouraged vaccines. Just 5 percent of churchgoers said clergy discouraged vaccinations 2/10
Clergy have been saying they’re getting their butts kicked by divisions in their churches (over vaccines, Trump, etc) and many quit or moved. So maybe it’s not surprising they’re not saying anything? Evangelical clergy were by far the least likely to say anything (73 pct) 3/10
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Jun 18, 2021
BISHOPSBIDENCOMMUNION THREAD: It's not entirely clear the possible outcomes of the communion document the US Catholic bishops will write 1/x
Proponents weren't clear about its purpose. There has been recent talk of a "national policy" or national "guidance" and references to pro-choice pols. But there is pushback on that. The men all want a document about the "meaning" of communion. But they have different views 2/x
A "doctrine committee" will draw up a doc for the men to discuss at their annual Nov meeting. A lot could change in the doc between then and now. 3/x
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Jun 17, 2021
NEWS: Thread on what the Vatican thinks of what the US Catholic bishops are doing re creating a new document about communion and pro-choice pols (there’s news in here if you stick with me!) 1/10
The head of the Vatican’s doctrine arm wrote to the US bishops last month saying, essentially, the goal is unity among you. Have a discussion and/or form a national policy, if it helps you be more unified. Here’s the letter itself: scribd.com/document/50739… 2/10
Here’s a story from the Vatican’s news service, headlined: “Cardinal Ladaria to US Bishops: Debate on Communion and abortion should not lead to division”
vaticannews.va/en/vatican-cit…
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