5.15 David Schrock, Brad Green, & Mark Coppenger • Interview • "Five Reasons to be Thankful for the Southern Baptist Convention" & "Stewardship of Our SBC Land"

About this episode

David Schrock interviews Mark Coppenger and Brad Green about their essays on the Southern Baptist Convention, discussing various encouraging aspects and concerns.

ABOUT THE EPISODE Listen in as David Schrock interviews both Mark Coppenger and Brad Green on their COA Essays. Timestamps 00:24 – Intro 06:20 – What are Some Things that are Encouraging about the SBC? 09:32 – Concerns about the SBC 13:07 – Four Different Way to Treat the Environment 19:54 – Coming Away from the Sex Abuse Crisis 23:56 – Believe All Women? Intersectionality at Play 28:24 – Have We Gotten Past Resolution 9? 32:20 – The Baptist Courier 33:53 – What Kind of Leaders Do We Need Going Forward? 40:30 – SBC Ingratiationism 43:40 – Is the Female Pastor Problem Because of Leaders Who are Unwilling to be Disaggreeable? 49:00 – How Do We Faithfully Grow? 53:11 – There is Still a Drift in the SBC 54:50 – SBC Presbyterianism: A ‘Hierarchy’ Within the SBC 1:04:25 – Final Thoughts: What Leaders Do We Need Today? 1:06:38 – Outro Resources to Click “Five Reasons to Be Thankful for the Southern Baptist Convention” – Brad Green “Stewardship of Our SBC Land” – Mark Coppenger “The SBC in a Crowded Theater” – Mark Coppenger “Who’s the Vandal?” – Mark Coppenger “Alabama fan Harvey Updyke, poisoner of Auburn trees, dead at 71” – Mike Rodak “Resolution 9 and the Southern Baptist Convention…

People in this episode

Host: David Schrock

Guests: Mark Coppenger, Brad Green

Topics covered

• Southern Baptist Convention
• environmental stewardship
• leadership in the SBC
• sex abuse crisis
• critical theory
• intersectionality

Keywords

• Southern Baptist Convention
• David Schrock
• Mark Coppenger
• Brad Green
• environment
• leadership
• sex abuse crisis
• critical theory

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Southern Baptist Convention

Books & works: Five Reasons to Be Thankful for the Southern Baptist Convention, Stewardship of Our SBC Land, The SBC in a Crowded Theater, Who’s the Vandal?, Resolution 9 and the Southern Baptist Convention 2019, The Ethics & Religious Liberty Conundrum, Freedom of Speech

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