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The Roys Report

One Man’s Crusade to Clean Up the SBC

The Roys Report

Julie Roys

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Christianity

4.6714 Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Show Transcript The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has been rocked by a sex abuse scandal, a federal lawsuit, and claims of self-dealing and lucrative, backroom deals. The church also is experiencing historic lows when it comes to evangelism and church planting. But one man says he’ll reform the SBC. And if he wins his bid to be SBC president, he’ll have the power to do it. On this episode of The Roys Report, Julie speaks with Randy Adams, one of four candidates vying to be president of the SBC—the largest, Protestant denomination in the country.  

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The Southern Baptist Convention has been rocked by a sex abuse scandal, a federal lawsuit,

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in claims of self-dealing and lucrative backroom deals.

0:11.7

But one man says he'll reform the SBC, and if he wins this summer's election, he'll have

0:16.7

the power to do it.

0:18.3

Welcome to the Roy's Report, a podcast dedicated to reporting the truth and

0:21.9

restoring the church. I'm Julie Roy's. And joining me today is Randy Adams. Randy is the executive

0:28.1

director of the Northwest Baptist Convention. He's also one of four candidates vying to be the

0:33.0

president of the largest Protestant denomination in the country, the Southern Baptist Convention, or

0:38.3

SBC.

0:39.6

Randy's put out a bold statement on his website, saying that if he wins election, he'll put

0:44.0

the SBC House in order.

0:46.0

And Randy did something that's almost unheard of.

0:49.2

He actually called out the problems in the SBC naming specific examples of organized corruption and lack

0:56.1

of transparency. Friends, that takes cuts. And so I'm super interested in speaking with Randy

1:01.9

and learning more about his plan to reform the SBC. But before we dive into our discussion,

1:07.8

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