“We can’t call them men, we can’t count them, they’re not recording them, so it’s harder to expose what is going on.” @laurenrachel22 @WomensLibFront
Prisons without protections
- Nearly 8,000 Baptist church delegates, called messengers, overwhelmingly passed the SBC Sexual Abuse Task Force recommendations, including a database to track credibly accused abusers in SBC churches. #SBC22
- My latest for @WNGdotorg A look into the growing divide among evangelicals on the theology of sexual brokenness –– including "pronoun hospitality," identity, Side B, and the roots of same-sex attraction. 1/2
- Replying to @mbjackson77Task force chairman @BruceFrank1 tells #SBC sexual abuse survivors: “You are the heroes in the room.”
- Just got off a call with @bartbarber. He says to expect many of his updates as #SBC president to take place on the farm.A presidential progress report one week in.
- My review of the latest @CBCnetwork film, "Detransition Diaries." At the screening, I spoke with @JenniferLahl and @catcattinson about why detransition stories are central to the transgender debate.“We realized how powerful the detransition stories were and how much audiences resonated with them." Detransition Diaries displays three young women whose lives have been upended by the transgender movement. @mbjackson77 reviews: wng.org/articles/our-v…
- Thank you, Megan!I continue to be incredibly proud of being a @WNGdotorg alumnus. As @mbjackson77 demonstrates in this report on Cru’s training regarding sexuality, they offer reporting on evangelical institutions no other Christian publication does. wng.org/articles/takin…
- Thankful for this man's humble leadership and example that changed the trajectory of my life and so many others. Sorrowful, yet rejoicing!Members of the WORLD News Group family have lost their earthly father and mentor, Joel Belz. But we praise our heavenly Father for blessing us with a humble and godly man of vision whose legacy will live on at WORLD News Group for generations to come. wng.org/articles/well-…
- Replying to @mbjackson77 and @BruceFrank1One messenger, Brad Eubank, an abuse survivor and Southern Baptist pastor from Mississippi, said prior to the vote, “I urge you, the world is watching. This is not everything that needs to be done. This is a starting spot...let’s start the healing process today.”
- I interviewed former occultists here in the Bay Area and help explain why New Age spiritualism and the occult are flourishing among the so-called "religious nones," now the largest cohort in the U.S., according to @pewresearchA growing number of Americans consider themselves "spiritual" but not religious, embracing pagan practices. Now, converts to Christianity are exposing the dangers of the occult that many consider harmless. @mbjackson77 writes for our cover story: wng.org/articles/out-o…
- An important update on the couple that spoke with me about their concerns about Cru's position on sexuality:CRU fires two employees who went public with their concerns about CRU’s teaching on LGBTQ issues. The Mundells questioned CRU’s allowance for gay identity labels like “gay Christian” and preferred pronouns. @mbjackson77 @WNGdotorg wng.org/articles/u-s-b…
- Please pray for the Belz family. I remember grilling Mindy with questions as a young mother who hoped to venture back into story-telling. I'm so thankful for their consistent faith and witness. Numbered days, by @MindyBelz open.substack.com/pub/mindybelz/…
- Replying to @mbjackson77
- My conversation with @pastorrolland on one of his last days as @SBCExecComm Chairman. @JaredcWellman will take his place #SBC22 Shepherding and Southern Baptist reforms
