Southern Baptists: We won one big vote today. We have another big vote to win tomorrow. As Dr. Mohler says, "it's time to get this done"
Be in the room first thing in the morning, and let's pass the Truth & Unity Amendment to defend God's Word on who can be a pastor in the SBC!
“Perhaps women pastors and women preachers are the most obvious evidence of churches rebelling against the Bible. I can’t think of anything that’s as far-reaching and transcends all denominations as the woman’s rebellion against the Word of God with regard to women preachers. Women who pastor, women who preach in a church are a disgrace, and they openly reflect opposition to the clear command of the Word of God. This is flagrant disobedience. It has been acceptable in our culture, and now acceptable even in the evangelical world.” — John MacArthur
I’m thankful for the overwhelming support to move ahead so that we can vote on the Truth and Unity Amendment tomorrow morning. Plan to be there by 8am to vote for the amendment. Let’s get this thing done. Please be in the room early—ready to vote—so we can get this done.
Encouraging report from friend 9Marks at 9. He summarized @albertmohler as saying:
"He said if the people in power are not hiding anything as the outsiders suspect and allege, then they need to be more transparent. He said explicitly that a lack of transparency is killing us."
A moment of beauty at the #SBC26: A deaf brother was impaired from being able to make a motion about extending ministry to deaf populations. @pastorclint noticed the oversight and gave him the opportunity through an interpreter. Motion strongly seconded. Human dignity is a beautiful thing.
"We need (Willy Rice) to be president because the mission is too great, the moment is too serious."
Florida pastor Adrian Taylor nominates pastor @WillyRice for president at the SBC annual meeting. #sbc26#sbc2026
@JoshuaBarzon It was a wholesome place to grow up, I miss the small town pace and the black dirt of our little farm. FFA was a great avenue to learn and grow. Nice to have 4 seasons during the year as well.
Something I want you to notice in the New York Times reporting – – the SBC has for years celebrated the conservative resurgence that restored our convention for future generations.
Conservative resurgence is the name by which we have always understood it and it has been the consistent name that those outside the SBC have also used. That is the term for what happened.
Now look what New York Times does. Instead of using the name everyone knows, that has been consistent for decades, they use a new term. “The fundamentalist takeover.”
Now they put it in quotes, but they never use the term that we Southern Baptists have always used and by which we recognized what happened during that period.
Again, this is trying to steer and transform the SBC from the outside by rewriting its history.
Willie Rice is making waves in the Southern Baptist Convention by admitting past failures and repenting for his role in backing the wrong groups. Now running for president, he's advocating for transparency and challenging the denomination's stance on female pastors.
“Sisters, you are absolutely essential to everything the SBC is and wants to be, and everything the SBC does and wants to do. And you have been since the very beginning. We’re talking about heroes and heroines in the history of the SBC.”
—@albertmohler
Full Episode in OP. ⬇️
The SBC’s resolutions committee has written a banger resolution on the office of pastor. It addresses all the current controversies with biblical and confessional clarity.
This resolution is going to serve our entities really well, as well as church cooperation more generally.
Well done, @HunterBaker and committee members!
Will the next SBC president be Josh Powell or Willy Rice?
Stefan Hartsell compares the two candidates across ten key issues facing the Southern Baptist Convention.
Link in the comments.
Under 1% of churches was supposed to be an abuse “crisis.”
40% of messengers who didn’t think the SBC should uphold its own standards on female pastors apparently isn’t.