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Evangelical roundup for September 30, 2021

John Fea   |  September 30, 2021

What is happening in Evangelical land:

Ed Stetzer on evangelicals and race.

This is particularly rich. Pro-Trumpers David “I do honest journalism” Brody and David Kubal are talking about how the government is using the church to accomplish its ends.

“The government is USING the church to accomplish its ends.”

David Kubal responds to New York Governor @GovKathyHochul asking Americans to be her ‘apostles’ and get the Covid vaccine.

Watch the full discussion on #TheWaterCooler with @DBrodyReports here: https://t.co/JyjpdTqj6Y pic.twitter.com/EyjibqAeUz

— Real America's Voice (RAV) (@RealAmVoice) September 29, 2021

Liam Adams of The Tennessean offers a twitter thread on how the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention is dragging its feet on an investigation into sexual abuse in the denomination:

Whelp, since I was planning on tweeting a thread today about the upcoming #SBC executive committee meeting at 2, I might as well start early since we already have some news on the topic.

— Liam Adams (@liamsadams) September 28, 2021

Albert Mohler supports the Southern Baptist Convention’s Sexual Abuse Task Force:

Statement on Sexual Abuse Task Force and current SBC challenge. pic.twitter.com/LoivgudQHD

— Albert Mohler (@albertmohler) September 29, 2021

The president of the Southern Baptist Convention is not happy with the way the Executive Committee is dragging its feet on the investigation of sex abuse in the convention:

My statement on today’s SBC Executive Committee meeting. pic.twitter.com/CSBduP4i7v

— Ed Litton (@EdLitton) September 29, 2021

Another Southern Baptist seminary president responds to this whole Executive Committee mess related to the sex abuse investigation:

At the conclusion of this morning’s @MBTS chapel service I shared a few words w/ our seminary community re the issues before the EC, the SBC, & the SATF.

Many in attendance found it helpful. Many not in attendance have requested the link. Here you go.https://t.co/XVlTlyG2wT

— Jason Keith Allen (@jasonkeithallen) September 29, 2021

Ronnie Floyd is president of the Southern Baptist Church Executive Committee. This thread from Amy Moore is very disturbing:

@juleswoodson11 @ThigpenTiffany @ChristaBrown777
1/7 For those determined to understand why the SBC Exec Comm is struggling to behave ethically, today gave us another timely reminder of why this is so on brand for the SBC:

Buried under the SBC coverage, was Josh Duggar leaving pic.twitter.com/vMVCzWZCMZ

— Amy Moore (@UT_Grad_Amy) September 29, 2021

Beth Moore also has some thoughts:

SBC exec committee, it will be a mistake not to have stood by survivors of the rampant sexual abuse within your own system. You have abused them again today.

Have your privilege, dudes.
But you have no honor.

— Beth Moore (@BethMooreLPM) September 29, 2021

Here is some more reporting on the SBC mess.

Evangelicals who embrace voter suppression.

In a series of tweets, Daniel Silliman reflects on Christianity Today’s coverage of Ravi Zacharias and his role in breaking the story:

One year ago today, we published this at @CTmagazine https://t.co/qtvFcBDWsz

— Daniel Silliman (@danielsilliman) September 29, 2021

Accusations of racism at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

Southern Baptists helping Ida victims.

No vaccination required for Greg Laurie’s latest crusade:

John Piper on the sexual fantasies of married evangelicals

An evangelical church responds to the Memphis Kroger shooting.

Evangelical leaders recommend books on racial justice.

Jack Hibbs of Calvary Chapel-Chino Hills says that the world’s reaction to COVID-19 has been “demonic.”

Part of an Atlanta freeway is named after televangelist and Baptist pastor Charles Stanley.

Blast from the past:

White evangelicals are undermining American democracy.

White evangelical men:

“White Christian evangelicals, especially men, are the largest demographic group of COVID-19 vaccine holdouts, according to public health officials,” writes @AbcarianLAT for @latimesopinion. https://t.co/JySZVM4pdg

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) September 22, 2021

The president of the National Association of Evangelicals on why so many evangelicals won’t get vaccinated.

Owen Strachan is giving away shirts:

Big news for #G32021: tomorrow morning, we at Grace Bible Theological Seminary are GIVING AWAY 1000 “Strip Mall Seminary” t-shirts!

To get 1:

1) Complete all steps (link below)

2) Come to our booth tomorrow morning

3) Show us you have

4) Get evangelicalism’s toughest t-shirt https://t.co/wvdisPOHBh

— Owen Strachan (@ostrachan) September 29, 2021

Imagine if churches functioned this way?”

Per Edmund Burke, one man with conviction makes a majority.

And, we might add, one man with God makes a super-majority.

— Owen Strachan (@ostrachan) September 28, 2021

Now he’s just making stuff up. “Totalitarian Safeism?”

Totalitarian Safeism is a full-blown religion–and is totally in sync with wokeness (hear her last ten seconds). https://t.co/fGGNP4lgOR

— Owen Strachan (@ostrachan) September 28, 2021

Several evangelical groups defend the religious liberty of a death-row inmate.

Evangelicals against court-packing:

Americans who oppose court-packing:

• @Franklin_Graham
• @DrJamesCDobson
• @tperkins
• @StarParker
• And hundreds of thousands more

And YOUR name to the public statement telling the Biden Commission to REJECT the #SupremeCourtCoup https://t.co/7bF6wt8lCV

— First Liberty Institute (@1stLiberty) September 30, 2021

Another attempt to make the Bible the “official state book.”

Oklahoma senator James Lankford describes Franklin Graham’s evangelistic crusade as a healing “balm” for a divided country:

Hear what @SenatorLankford described as “the actual balm for the country” at tonight’s #Route66 #GodLovesYouTour in Oklahoma City. pic.twitter.com/yQIv5xpTIt

— Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) September 26, 2021

Another feature on Doug Wilson’s Moscow, Idaho Calvinists.

Tony Perkins and the Family Research Council are opposed to vaccine mandates because people could lose their “God given callings.” This is so manipulative:

The top Christian Facebook pages in 2019 were run by trolls.

Eric Metaxas and Mike Lindell were made for each other:

Liberty University students want their university to investigate sexual violence and harassment on campus.

World Relief welcomes refugees in Washington state.

Some popular American historians will go anywhere to promote a book. I wonder if Philbrick realizes he is on the show of a conspiracy theorist who thinks the 2020 election was stolen.

A Kentucky megachurch pastor calls masks “a charade.”

Conversion therapists.

Charlie Kirk continues with the Christ-like political discourse. He’ll be speaking at a megachurch near you this weekend:

First they tried scaring you into taking the shot

Then they tried bribing you

Then they tried guilting you

Then they tried shaming you

Then they tried to force you to take the shot

Now, if you don't take the shot, they're firing you

…All because they 'care'

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) September 30, 2021

Greg Laurie interviews James Dobson.

RECOMMENDED READING

More responses to the Southern Baptist sexual abuse report Day 1 of the 3-ring circus is over. The Southern Baptists elect a new president. The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee’s third-party abuse investigation report was just released. It’s horrifying. The Southern Baptist Convention wraps-up another tumultuous annual meeting

Filed Under: Way of Improvement Tagged With: Evangelical roundup, evangelicalism

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