CNLP 611 | Russell Moore on Leaving the Southern Baptist Convention, Why "Normal" Leaders Have Stepped Away Leaving Fringe Leaders in Church Leadership, The Reason The Culture Is Rejecting The Church, Weaponized Nostalgia, and the Outrage Cycle
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Carey Nieuwhof
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🗓️ 14 November 2023
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Russell Moore joins Carey to discuss leaving the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC).
Russell talks about being tried for 'heresy,' why 'normal' leaders have stepped away and allowed fringe leaders to run the church, and why the culture is really rejecting the church.
Russell and Carey also dive into the phenomenon of weaponized nostalgia and the outrage cycle.
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| 0:00.0 | The Art of Leadership Network. |
| 0:03.0 | The Art of Leadership Network. |
| 0:07.0 | Welcome, the Carrie Newhoff Leadership Podcast, it's Carrie here |
| 0:11.0 | and I hope our time together today helps you thrive in life and leadership. |
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| 0:35.0 | youth ministry needs. Visit T.E.X.10.org. That's 10 by 10.org. Well, today I sit down with Russell Moore. He has had quite the journey over the last little while and we go into the back story about leaving the Southern Baptist Convention, why normal leaders have stepped away from ministry |
| 0:54.8 | and allowed sometimes the fringe to step into church leadership, the real reason the culture |
| 0:59.4 | is rejecting the church, weaponized nostalgia and the outrage cycle. |
| 1:03.6 | Yeah, we go into a lot of places. |
| 1:05.3 | Hey, and just a quick note right up front, |
| 1:07.7 | we're not bashing any tradition or denomination here. |
| 1:11.5 | As you know, a lot of Southern Baptist |
| 1:13.6 | of listeners to this podcast and I have a lot of friends who are Southern |
| 1:17.1 | Baptist. I have a lot of friends who are not Southern Baptist and things change |
| 1:21.3 | and people change. So what I'm trying to have is just a conversation about all the |
| 1:27.0 | dynamics at play so that you and I can have a better understanding. Makes sense? |
| 1:31.3 | Russell D. Moore is the editor-in-chief of Christianity today and the former president of the Ethics |
| 1:36.6 | and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. |
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