5.18 David Schrock • Reading • “Seeking a Convention That Is Not Southern Baptist In Name Only: How to Regain Trust, Rebuild the Trustee System, and Avoid an Impending Exodus of Vocal Conservatives”

About this episode

David Schrock discusses the challenges facing the Southern Baptist Convention and proposes solutions for rebuilding trust and leadership.

ABOUT THE EPISODE Many aspects of the SBC are broken, and this article charts a possible route forward into a dawn marked by humble leaders, diligent trustees, and a reorganization. Resources to Click “Seeking a Convention That Is Not Southern Baptist In Name Only: How to Regain Trust, Rebuild the Trustee System, and Avoid an Impending Exodus of Vocal Conservatives” – David Schrock “Southern Baptists warm to alternate moniker ‘Great Commission Baptists’” – Adelle M. Banks “Under Reconstruction: How the Egalitarian Beachball Wrecks the Household of God” – Christ Over All “Creeds, Confessions, and Cooperation: The Basis of Our Unity” – Christ Over All “The Ethics & Religious Liberty Conundrum” – Christ Over All “More Money Than Men: The NAMB Church Planting Problem” – Michael Clary “Whoever Holds the Purse Holds the Strings: The Financial Plan that Could End the SBC” – Rhett Burns “What’s Trusty About SBC Trustees: Does Trustee Training Fix Ailing Entities or Institutionalize Passivity?” – Jon Whitehead “ Why Baptists Must Recover the Order of Love ” – Alex Kocman “ One Sacred Effeminacy: The Cooperative Longhouse And the Great Feminization of the SBC ” – Doug Ponder “ 14 Clint…

People in this episode

Host: Stephen Wellum

Guest: David Schrock

Topics covered

• Southern Baptist Convention
• trust rebuilding
• trustee system
• conservative exodus
• leadership
• reorganization

Keywords

• Southern Baptist Convention
• trustees
• leadership
• conservatives
• reorganization
• exodus
• David Schrock

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Southern Baptist Convention, NAMB

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