Critical Race Theory, Sex Abuse, and Southern Baptists

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🗓️ 18 June 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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More than 16,000 Southern Baptists met in Nashville this week for their convention’s annual meeting. The largest crowd in a quarter century, the meeting attracted significant mainstream media attention as tensions over critical race theory and sexual abuse went public. On Tuesday, Alabama pastor Ed Litton won a run-off to become the next president of the denomination. He faced Georgia pastor Mike Stone, a candidate supported by the Conservative Baptist Network, a group which has campaigned actively against perceived liberal drift and “woke” theology in the denomination. On Wednesday, a resolution to investigate 20 years of allegations of abuse claims mishandled by the Executive Committee was approved. It will also examine the two-year-old committee tasked with reviewing abuse and coverup as grounds for dismissal from the convention.This week on Quick to Listen, we will get into the inside baseball of this year’s Southern Baptist Convention meeting and why it matters for Christians outside of the denomination. Senior news editor Kate Shellnutt joined global media manager Morgan Lee and news editor Daniel Silliman to share what she learned from covering the convention this week. What is Quick to Listen? Read more Rate Quick to Listen on Apple Podcasts Follow the podcast on Twitter Follow our hosts on Twitter: Morgan Lee and Daniel Silliman Follow our guest on Twitter: Gerardo Martí Music by Sweeps Quick to Listen is produced by Morgan Lee and Matt Linder The transcript is edited by Bunmi Ishola Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you in part by The Apologetics Guy Show, the podcast that helps you find clear answers to tough questions about Christianity.
0:11.1	Learn to explain your faith with courage and compassion.
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0:22.1	More than 16,000 Southern Baptists met in Nashville this week for their convention's annual
0:27.3	meeting. The largest crowd in a quarter century, the meeting attracted significant mainstream
0:32.9	media attention as tensions over critical race theory and sexual abuse went public. On Tuesday, Alabama
0:40.0	pastor Ed Litton want a runoff to become the next president of the denomination. He faced Georgia
0:45.7	pastor Mike Stone, a candidate supported by the conservative Baptist network, a group which has
0:50.7	campaigned actively against perceived liberal drift and quote woke theology
0:55.4	and the denomination. On Wednesday, a motion to investigate 20 years of allegations of abuse claims
1:02.2	mishandled by the executive committee was approved. This will also examine the two-year-old
1:07.7	committee tasked with reviewing abuse and cover up as grounds for dismissal from the convention.
1:12.8	We will get into the inside baseball of this year's Southern Baptist Convention meeting
1:16.6	and why it matters for Christians outside of this world.
1:21.0	I'll also hear from someone who is there and can give us a sense of the larger headlines
1:25.0	dominating coverage of the event versus what the view
1:28.3	on the ground was like.
1:30.6	You are listening to Quick to Listen, where we go beyond hashtags and hot takes, discuss a major
1:35.1	cultural event.
1:36.4	I'm Morgan Lee, global media manager at Christianity Today.
1:39.8	I'm Daniel Silliman, news editor for Christianity today.
1:42.7	And I'm Kate Shalmet, senior news editor for Christianity today. And I'm Kate Shalmett, senior news editor at Christianity today.
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